bleed

if you must go,

go to where you know you won't be alone. 

if you must dream,

don't let the pictures in your mind fall asleep. 

if you must run, my love, 

run to the hills that will take you above;

& if you must pray,

just plead to be sane. 

if you must ache,

don't leave your heart somewhere it cannot wake. 

if you must speak, brave one,

speak only words that won't draw out your blood;

but if you must bleed,

your scars you must keep.

if you must hide,

remember the feeling of warm morning light. 

and if you must die,

die with the things 

that kept you 

in this life.