Open your eyes—

the war is over now.

But I’ve forgotten

how to let go of the trigger,

so you’ll have to show me how.

Bare your teeth,

mimic a grin.

Together, we have killed,

yet you still won’t let me in.

Before heaven cried for us,

you were ready to die.

Now you fear what’s inside of us,

and you’re not ready to fly.

I said I love you.

You said you know

pain, too.

I said I’d die for you.

You said the sky

ain’t never been nothing but blue.

Maybe I don’t know

who you are.

Maybe these are empty scars.

Maybe this gun was never real,

and your hands will never feel

the weight of all this destruction.

Maybe I don’t know what love is.