Last smoke

Smokestacks bloom like dying stars, but I
Found a truer flame beneath the poisoned sky.
I was your knight in a chrome disguise,
Now I wear her light in my eyes.
Now you feed on a brand new host,
A velvet leash, a hollow ghost.
I used to crumble when you called,
Now I watch your kingdom fall.

And we crumbled to dust, just dust,
I buried us deep, I trust.

Disappointment melted into new air,
I quit you like a cigarette, a prayer.
Cold sweats, but I’m not the same,
A new name burning in my veins.
You’re the habit I finally broke,
Breathed you out with the last smoke.
I’m a knight in armor, armor reborn,
Holding love that’s keeping me warm.

She ties her velvet leash around his throat,
Feeds him futures that will never float.
I once wore the same devotion-chain,
Now I’m just the ghost outside her frame.
Quitting smoking, quitting you—
Same withdrawal bleeding through,
But then she kissed the ash away,
Now I breathe in a brand new day.
One last drag was one last thought of you,
Then her light came breaking through.

Disappointment melted into new air,
I quit you like a cigarette, a prayer.
Cold sweats, but I’m not the same,
A new name burning in my veins.
You’re the habit I finally broke,
Breathed you out with the last smoke.
I’m a knight in armor, armor reborn,
Holding love that’s keeping me warm.

Shining armor in the acid rain
Still gleams, washed clean of all your stain.
I breathe out—the mirror clears,
My knight, her face, and the wasted years
Dissolve to nothing, nowhere near.