hold onto me,
believe in me -
with the dawn comes anew,
smiling upon me.
a new hope,
a new reason to inhale...
of a breath of a dream of a beginning.

pull me away,
from between the separation
that has divided
the old me
from the new -
a loathed me,
undeserving of your sweetness:

hold onto me,
endure me -
for when i try to break
from you
i never truly mean it.

fleeting time has cracked the memory
of such self-image,
of what i am.
i've let a haunted past define me,
forcing its way
into each day,
making stranger of
the present:

hold onto me,
lend your strength to me -
i don't want to forget,
but i wish to choose...
to weep, to loosen
the grip it keeps upon my soul.

it's come too close,
much too close to home.
the strangled cry
has cut away within
(deep down in).

hold onto me,
keep me close -
so i can feel the strength of your heart
beating against me,
fighting with me...
fighting for another day
and another chance to
breathe.

-jumbled jigsaw pieces are
strewn about this blurred
identity-

hold onto me,
keep me on the path
leading to myself -
for i know i'll be all right
if it's you there, by my side
holding me together.


and promise me that it's okay
to be this weak
sometimes
- breaking down had never felt so good before -
...to rest my head
and let myself exhale...
a breath of a dream of an ending.