the universe is daring us to be tragedy 
giving us all this heart that drips blood 
setting us down in a place where the stars shine so brightly
that if I close my eyes for too long, I can lose the sight of your smile 

but oh, darling, we could be the start
of something great, of something magical
because my heart is cracked but slowly healing 
with every time you reach out and touch me 

and the universe burns but it holds no candle to the way we light it up
on the stage this world have given us
writing our names side by side 
until they follow after another like it was always that way

like there was never a day where we didn’t collide
where we weren’t making armor out of each other’s souls
when we weren’t using the other’s heartbeat as a compass 
the sound that will always call us home