Kodokushi

I gave my life to someone else They placed it on their highest shelf So beautiful, so fragile yet So poorly used, never broken in One day our eyes began to dwell On other things; we'd never tell They glazed over as we lived inside The constructs of our feeble minds I only get home when I crash into you Such endless comfort you bring to me But I am the mountain, and you're the breeze What if I can't return the favour? Such astounding debt Someone you haven't met… I gave my life to someone else They placed it on their highest shelf So beautiful, so fragile yet So poorly used, never broken in One day our eyes began to dwell On other things; we'd never tell They glazed over as we lived inside The constructs of our feeble minds