New Clear Family

we hold each other with hands that hurt.
our bodies tired from the hard, hard work 
i would rather be sleeping in the dirt 
we hold each other with hands

in this disconnection, you are alone.
lovers touching others, touching no one at all 
building families out of broken bones -
wake up to a calendar hung crooked on the wall 

creation, destruction, distraction, interruption
creation, destruction, distraction, interruption
creation, destruction, distraction, interruption 

i tried to speak but nothing happened 
and when you speak, you're just biting your teeth 
we crawled, but we were falling backward 

we fight, so hard
to keep the darkness out, the darkness out,
the darkness out of you 
i fight, so hard
to keep the darkness out, the darkness out out of me, too 

what's to know, somebody show me 
reaching out for the familiar 
what's to know, when you don't know me 
i am out of place... i am out of time 
creation, distraction, destruction, interruption