I'd stay too close to the sun And I shine so bright... Maybe you knew that it burns the heart To be turned crystalline Among the blades of grass I, a flower hidden, waiting Exposing petals I long to Give my thoughts as an offering The sky is of a graphite hue The walls breathing graphite air Two days of keeping a vigil Two days, a painfully long spell Bound by fear... I'd stay too close to the sun Now I'm lost, now I'm ashen... My temple's crumbling; it dawns on me That I mistook misgivings for faith Bound by fear...