She tilted the part of her face that betrayed her loneliness and Hid it from the world behind convincing eyes
The first responder knows the cruelty of the line That's drawn between the edge of death and life
Only I was invited to the moments when she broke Not as a guest but as a witness to a life lived in the scene of a crime We are raw ingredients that when mixed explode into a shock of light and Decay quickly in isolation
The people watched in shock Their heads hung weighted by The guilt of being allowed to survive