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Dry Paper Heart

from Now What? by Tilia Americana

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I am burning out
I am breaking down

Can you still see,
The living, breathing woman-girl who wrote the fairy tale of me?
And now, how she,
Fears the chapters of the crone, turns her pages reluctantly?

A maiden goddess traded life for death and true love’s kiss.
Amalthea longing for the salt and foam abyss.
As their beauty faded did they wish for more than this?

Inside, I feel,
Blue stains creeping through my veins, slowly freezing me to stone.
Time thieves, time steals,
Rolling me beneath its weight, pressing me to pulp and bone.

As the wheel comes to its rest, what will be left of me?
A parchment doll, with dry paper heart too flat to beat?
The stories of all my dreams come true, in ink too faded to read?

I want to shine forever.
I want to love forever.
I want to feel forever.
But there is no such thing as forever.

I am drying up
I am wearing thin

Fold this dry paper heart,
Keep it safe next to yours.

Don’t let it blow away.
Don’t let me blow away.

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from Now What?, released September 29, 2017

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