Ataraxis

I've grappled with quiet
 Sought tranquility
 Cut off my own air supply so I couldn't breathe
 Peace was a valuable friend that never stayed very long
 I rarely ever opened up
 So adrift I didn't belong
 Out of everyone I've known
 You wouldn't leave me on my own
 The only light that shown
 You fought to make me whole
 Ataraxis beckoned me
 I desired not to feel
 Even for a second
 I went beyond numbing it
 You tried to carve a smile
 You tried to force a laugh
 When I was torn and vacant
 You kept coming back
 Out of everyone I've known
 You wouldn't leave me on my own
 The only light that shown
 You fought to make me whole
 Ataraxis beckoned and mocked me
 Turned its back and left me there
 Ataraxis beckoned and mocked me
 I felt it everywhere
 Out of everyone I've known
 You wouldn't leave me on my own
 You were the only light that shown
 Reviving flesh from stone
 Never on my own
 You fought to make me whole