Psithurism
(In shadowed groves where silence weeps
I buried time in earthen keeps
The wind, a tongue of ancient breath
Still speaks the name I gave to death)
I left a version of me in the dirt
Tried to forget what the silence hurt
Cut my name out of every scene
Where I broke down, where I came clean
But the wood remembers every scream
Etched in bark like some bad dream
I burned the mask, I swore I changed
But the wind still whispers the same damn name
And I
Still feel it in the rust
Still taste the shame in dust
And the wind still speaks in psithurism
Whispers toast all of the ghosts I’ve hidden
And the leaves all fall like confessions bleeding
The silenced sins of the past repeating
In psithurism
In psithurism
I talk like I’ve forgiven it
But I still flinch when branches split
I wear a smile like borrowed skin
Still don’t know where I end or begin
There’s a shadow in every breath I fake
Shaped like the chances I didn’t take
I outran mirrors, changed my face
But the air still knows the mess I’ve made
And I
Still bleed in every sound
Still chase myself around
(And I)
And the wind still speaks in psithurism
Whispers toast all of the ghosts I’ve hidden
And the leaves all fall like confessions bleeding
The silenced sins of the past repeating
In psithurism
You're me
The version I can’t kill
You breathe in the wind
You bend but won’t break
I tried to bury you
But you’re rooted still
You’re the storm I can’t outrun
And the calm that makes me feel
And the wind still speaks in psithurism
Whispers toast all of the ghosts I’ve hidden
And the leaves all fall like confessions bleeding
The silenced sins of the past repeating
In psithurism
In psithurism
In psithurism
