There’s a silence when you enter every room I’m in Like the air forgets to move when you breathe again We speak in glances, sharp enough to leave a scar Close enough to touch, but somehow still too far There’s a wall between us, cold as consequence Brick by brick built out of common sense But every night it fades inside my sleep And you’re the secret that my conscience keeps Your voice drips slow like midnight rain Running rivers through my veins Every syllable you lace Leaves a ghost I can’t erase There’s a wall between us, but every night I dream That you pin me against it, tearing at the seams Shadows dance around the shape of what we hide Hands that never touch still haunt my side Your accent a sweet poison that has become My favourite flavour living on my tongue I taste you in the dark when I’m alone Craving something I can never own ⸻ You wear distance like it’s stitched into your skin Tailored perfectly to keep temptation in But your eyes betray the things you won’t confess Silver storms behind a calm finesse I replay the moments like a vinyl spin Where restraint dissolves and you pull me in The echo of restraint begins to fray Every breath you steal pulls me your way You don’t touch but I still burn From the lessons I never learn Every glance a loaded gun And I’m already undone There’s a wall between us, but every night I dream That you pin me against it, tearing at the seams Shadows dance around the shape of what we hide Hands that never touch still haunt my side Your accent a sweet poison that has become My favourite flavour living on my tongue I taste you in the dark when I’m alone Craving something I can never own ⸻ The image of your navy sweater on the floor Like a secret we swore we’d ignore While I cry out your name like a sinful prayer To a heaven that never lets me there Halo cracked, lips stained with regret Dancing with a fire we haven’t lit yet If longing was a language, you’d be fluent in mine Reading every fracture between the lines ⸻ Say my name like it’s dangerous Hold my gaze like it’s sacred We’re balanced on the edge of control And falling feels contagious ⸻ There’s a wall between us, but every night I dream That you pin me against it, rewriting what we mean Every breath a vow we never speak aloud Lost inside a fantasy too dark to be allowed Your accent a sweet poison that has become My favourite flavour living on my tongue And I drown in the echo of your tone Loving you in places I face alone

The Wall Between Reality