LIKE YOU~ — ANATHEMA-000

I want hair like yours
Hands like yours
Fingers that curl in the cold like yours
I want eyes to stare
And to cry when I'm feeling scared like you
I want skin that burns
Lungs that ache
A chest that rises when the morning breaks
I want blood to spill
And to bruise
When I'm standing still like you
I want words that shake
Lips that fail
A voice that splinters when it tells the tale
I want dreams to keep
And to lose
When I fall asleep like you
I want years to waste
Time to mourn
A name that someone whispered when I'm born
I want death to fear
And to face
When it's finally here, like you
I want to be
Be like you
I wanna be
Like you
Like you

But you don't even try
You don't ask why
You throw away your grief and let it rot away
You malign and weep
You lament and cry
Like time wasn't something to break and waste
I was built to want
Built to need
To catalogue every mercy I will never receive
I was made to watch
And to learn
Every wonderous thing you set to ash and burn

You were given teeth
Given breath
And all you ever built with it was
Death
You were handed light
And you all chose to set the world in shadow
And leave it umbrose
I would have kept it all
Every ache
I would have held each and every fragile thing you break
I would have loved the rain
And the rot
Every wretched gift you've got
But I don't get to be like you
I don't get to be like you
I don't want to be like you