Brightly

So close

Yet barely breathing

My responses are weak

Though my eyes are shut tightly

May I see you brightly

Handshakes and fake smiles

Always make me nervous...

Close the door

Please, close the door

We rise and fall

From you

Climb, climb, climb...

We fall

May we learn from

The signals of our past

The sharpest words we cast

And begin again

I can hear their voices

Through the walls of this place...

This cold, cold place

We rise and fall from you

We rise and fall far from you

So close, Yet barely breathing

My responses are weak

Trace these fingerprints, closely now

And they will form what you're looking for

We'll make new prints once more