Intimidated by Silence

out the window i
 heard the sound of the sun
 and i lost myself to
 all we tried to be
 to recede into the sea
 and open our eyes
 on the coasts
 and to not feel lost anymore
 to stand firm like the roots of a tree
 sleeping through everything
 and these instruments go on
 long after i'm gone
 trying to make what we hold
 and it comes out in song
 i promised myself i wouldn't be
 in the summer i
 heard the leaves in the air
 wave to all the, the things we tried to be
 before we fell into the sea
 and forgot all of our names that echo
 and these words go on
 long after we're gone
 trying to paint what we see,
 but it comes out all wrong
 the meter of the song that i sing
 loses time with the air that i breathe
 through my lungs as the dust settles