Faithful

Mike Denison (Lumberfork)

You could not be faithful in the end
You could not be faithful in the end
I only asked for eternity, forever and again
But you could not be faithful little friend

Every sunrise to paint the mountain dew
Every honesty Rembrandt ever drew
Every happy tear that every child ever ever knew
That was you

Toxic smoke and whispers rise, just wise enough to realize it was wrong
Truths are only weathered lies, tears can only blur young eyes so long
Fairytales of growing old, a compass lying fractured on the snow
Frightened stillness, eyes of glass
A final tiny struggled gasp
You were the only love I’ll ever know

But you could not be faithful, little friend
You could not be faithful in the end