let me live

The cold
 The stillness, the tension
 The feeling in the room
 Your soul
 Contained and rotting
 In your eyes
 I know you
 But did you know that
 I was something other
 Beyond your life?
 The specter of your agency
 Burnt in your smile
 You knew it was too late for me
 To reconcile
 My world with the impact
 And the stars that burst in my mind
 I still dream of the day that we all
 Left you behind
 Is this how you dreamed it would happen?
 Like some kind of game
 I know you thought you recognized me
 But we are not the same
 We are not the same
 I didn't know who I was
 But I knew exactly
 How far I had to push you
 Do you know that
 I am something other
 Beyond your life?
 The specter of your agency
 Burnt in your smile
 You knew it was too late for me
 To reconcile
 My world with the impact
 And the stars that burst in my mind
 I hope you pray your feeble
 Doesn't follow mine
 Did you think that
 I was something other
 You had to destroy?