In the mind of a stranger ( A mind known so well)

Raise the curtain,

         Lift the veil,

When it comes to life,

Make it real,

         Strip it bare

Put away the glitter

Let down your hair

Burn the montages

You wish weren’t there

Return to

Me

One foot before the other

I know it hurts, I feel the scars

I also know, it’s going to get worse

Before this clarifies

But I’ll be your crutch; I’ll be your cane

I’ll try to make it the same again

Return

To me

Open those walls

Let in the air

A cool breeze

Amidst a warm summer’s eve

Purge away; exfoliate your fears

It can’t hurt you as long as I’m near

But first you must

Return to

Me

Take my hand

But don’t let go

Like you’ve grown accustomed to

I can help, this I know

But the mirror needs to shatter

Before the parts regrow

Drop the act; stop pretending

I know you’re still in there

But I first you must

Return

To me

This place bears no witness

To the niche we made

When you were Buffy

And I, your vampire

With an outfit I stole from school

And the black cape you gave to me

All I knew; all I know

 Don’t let go

Return

To

Me

Flashbacks flutter, back and forth

Between dire straits & a true north

They merge; they dissipate; they remain

They tell me I need to let you be

To let you sleep in the beds you unmade

To walk as far away I can from you

Before the damage destroy me too

Perhaps there’s wisdom in their words

But If I listened, tell me,

What kind of friend would I be?

Eventually a point may come

The point I more than fear

But first you must:

Raise the curtain,

         Lift the veil,

When it comes to life,

Make it real,

         Strip it bare

And return to me