We Can

It’s hard to stare at you
And say that’s it’s easy
That I don’t care
Because care is all I am
Even though that all you are is 'cannot'

You cannot try
I cannot have
We cannot work
You cannot touch
I cannot see
We cannot love

I cannot deny
That I cannot comply
But the only thing you cannot do
Is imply that I did not try

Nothing feels like the truth
Nor quite that real
Not in this empty room
Naked of all of you

Naked because that’s how I feel
Empty because that’s how you felt
And emptiness is all you left

And left, you did leave
But not empty handed
Since I handed you
The best that I had left

I’m left with both hands open, extended
Right hand full of nothingness
Left hand full of hopeless dreams
And hopeful nightmares

I
Cannot reach
Can only screech
You
Cannot stay
Can only castaway

I recall where we started
I don’t want to remember where we end