Past Lives (By Cat Matchuk)

Time starts and stops
and starts to stop
Between the seconds I’ve lived a dozen lives.
Words bring forward stars to forge a world from the ink, breathe, your heart will write.
Time starts and stops
and starts to stop
Between the seconds I’ve lived a dozen lives.
It has been years since I knew who I was.
What I stood for,
and now I fall, I believe no longer.
I protect no one.
Recall every song,
recall every memory.
Whispers are frantic
your breath of hope could ache.