Even when our shoulders lean together
there are no words left to breathe
Only the weight of every breath
lingers in the dark of night
Your warmth is close, too close to name
Silence wraps us skin to skin
Nothing moves yet everything
is trembling underneath
A trace of red
covers my sight
Unspoken feelings
start to burn inside
I reach for you
but stop halfway
Heat without touch
won’t fade away
We’re burning
but the moment stays still
So close to breaking
yet we don’t let go
Only the winter rainbow
knows this truth
How dangerous
this balance is
Frozen time
pulls tight around us
In the edge of your gaze
a shadow sways
Every second feels stretched thin
Like glass before it cracks
If I move I lose it all
So I stay exactly here
The distance
between us is too close
Only the heat in my chest
has nowhere to go
I swallow words
that want to fall
This silence hurts
more than it should
If I hold you
the silence breaks
Some nights
are kept by not embracing
Knowing it will disappear
all the same
I still look up
at the winter rainbow
I’ve learned some things
only survive
When you don’t touch them
when you don’t try
What we don’t say
holds us together
More fragile
than a promise
One step closer
and it’s gone
One step back
and I’m alone
So I stand here
breath held tight
Between wrong and right
Say it no
Don’t say it no
If I reach out
we both know
This heat, this fear
this red remains
A moment caught
inside our veins
We’re burning
inside the quiet still
On the edge of breaking
but holding it
Only the winter rainbow
understands
This dangerous
perfect balance
In the red afterglow
I hold my breath
A rainbow fades
before the morning comes
No sunrise needed
to end this night
It disappears
because it shines