Momento

Take this momento
Of all things I hold dear
Of everything I know
And go
Be swept away,
let my mind be erased.

I know your journey takes you
to places I've never been
to darker reaching shadows
to stranger secrets within
your tears drip endlessly
of ghosts from the past
you cling to every memory
hoping happiness will last
But these hauntings of your former self
only induce fear
so you seek another escape
that will erase another year.

Branded from the first
A loner and a thief
Destiny keeps me prisoner
and you console me with your grief
The false and thankless gratitude
In your smile cannot be seen
But behind your eyes the truth's revealed
Your intentions are unclean.
Now I'm left to sanitize
your disease in my soul
Searching for the antidote
That will someday make me whole

Again I find myself
slipping through the cracks
falling unrestrained
your darkness leads me back