in our hello there was a subtle good-bye.  you were you, i was a little shy.  you looked deep into me, everything turned white.  i was draped in sheets of solitude,  all alone thinking i was going to die.  with all the lives i've shed,  there remained no more tears to cry.  unaware what life lay before me,  or which direction lay the sky.  i have crawled and staggered for so long,  now is the time to stand up and fly.