Bound in silence

It was quiet—

Too quiet for what tore through me.

A thread pulled tight in my chest

And I knew—instantly.

Your voice wasn’t louder than a whisper,

But it cracked open something deep.

I’ve bled and battled through worse—

But this…

This cuts me clean.

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I don’t believe in fate or fire

That takes what it hasn’t earned.

But there you were—

A name I hadn’t spoken

And somehow already learned.

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What is this bond I didn’t choose?

This fire that I’m bound to lose?

I feel you like a shadow stitched in bone—

A stranger I already know.

It’s too much.

Too raw.

Too near.

And gods, I still pull you near.

Even when I try to walk away—

You stay.

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I’ve kept walls higher than kingdoms,

Armor forged in silence and scar.

But you looked at me

And I came undone

In ways I didn’t know I are.

I don't want to want this—

But I do.

Like gravity, brutal and true.

You are a storm I shouldn’t chase,

But somehow already ran through.

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Don’t ask me to be soft,

I don’t know how.

But this bond doesn’t wait.

It doesn’t bow.

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What is this thread around my soul?

This tether I can’t control?

I feel you breathing in my ribs—

Like fate, like fire, like sin.

It’s not fair.

It’s not right.

But I still want in.

Even when I tell myself to run—

You begin.

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You make silence louder

Than any scream I’ve heard.

And somehow I find myself

Wanting more than just your words.

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So what is this bond, this curse, this grace?

This war I see in your face?

I never wanted to need someone

To take my name and make it come undone.

But you did.

And you do.

And maybe I was always meant for you.

Even if it breaks me—

I’ll burn for you.