DIVIDED WE COLLAPSE - FLOWERS NEVER SPEAK

The house still looks the same. Your shoes are by the door. Your jacket hangs where you left it. But you’re not here anymore. The silence feels heavier now. Like the walls already know. That some people leave home… And never come back. I still set a place at the table. Even though I know it’s wrong. I still wait to hear your footsteps Walking down the hall. I still catch myself smiling At memories from years ago. Before the sirens. Before the headlines. Before I had to let you go. Everybody says Time heals everything. But nobody tells you What to do until then. FLOWERS NEVER SPEAK. THEY JUST FADE AWAY. LIKE THE WORDS I NEVER GOT TO SAY. FLOWERS NEVER SPEAK. THEY DON’T TELL ME WHY. WHY A MOTHER HAS TO WATCH HER CHILD DIE. FLOWERS NEVER SPEAK. THEY JUST STAND IN THE RAIN. WHILE I’M LEFT HERE CARRYING THE PAIN. The photographs still watch me. Frozen smiles behind the glass. A thousand moments That disappeared too fast. People tell me you’re at peace now. People say you’re finally free. But peace doesn’t visit this house. And freedom doesn’t comfort me. I remember your first bicycle. Your first day of school. I remember teaching you How to tie your shoes. I remember every birthday. Every scraped knee. Every dream you told me You wanted to be. WHY WASN’T LOVE ENOUGH?! WHY COULDN’T I SAVE YOU?! WHY DO I KEEP RELIVING EVERYTHING WE WENT THROUGH?! I’D GIVE EVERYTHING! EVERY BREATH I HAVE LEFT! JUST TO HEAR YOUR VOICE AGAIN! ONE MORE TIME! ONE MORE NIGHT! ONE MORE CHANCE TO MAKE THIS RIGHT! The cemetery gets colder Every year that passes by. But I keep coming back. I don’t even know why. Maybe because it’s the last place Where I still feel close to you. Maybe because letting go Feels like losing you twice. FLOWERS NEVER SPEAK. THEY JUST FADE AWAY. LIKE THE YEARS THAT WERE TAKEN AWAY. FLOWERS NEVER SPEAK. THEY DON’T EASE THE PAIN. THEY JUST STAND THERE WHILE I CALL YOUR NAME. FLOWERS NEVER SPEAK. BUT IF THEY COULD… I HOPE THEY’D TELL YOU THAT I STILL WOULD… Love you.