Smoke and Ash

Is this any way to live?
Filling the silences with words poured through a sieve
Into your heart
Until it pulls apart
Is this any way to die?
Falling into days until we close our eyes
And moving on
And moving on
No it’s not okay if you
Go and go fading away into
Smoke and ash from
Fires we’ll always regret
Is this any way to be?
Sorting through photographs and dreaming of the sea
And who we were
So unsure
Is this any way to try?
We pack up boxes and we stack them to the sky
And build a wall
'Til they all fall
No it’s not okay if you
Go and go fading away into
Smoke and ash from
Fires we’ll always regret
The light from your eyes
Falls on the lines on my face
As you try to replace
What can only be taken away