holy wreck

written by evan young for her

you said love me or leave me, but don’t look away so i watched you unravel, and begged you to stay i kept my promises under my tongue swallowed your storms ‘til my spine came undone

and you—you never flinched at the ruin i made you kissed every scar like it earned you my name

i’m a holy wreck—your name in the ash kissing you slow while the world turns to trash i keep praying in fists, i keep bleeding in rhyme if this is the end—let it echo like mine

we never had halos, we just had knives carved “forever” in drywall and fucked to survive you held me through static, through silence, through dread laid down beside me like grief in our bed

and i—i never begged ‘til i heard you break but i’d tear out my voice just to keep you awake

i’m a holy wreck—your name in the ash kissing you slow while the world turns to trash i keep praying in fists, i keep bleeding in rhyme if this is the end—let it echo like mine

we built a temple out of teeth and spit called it home when nothing fit lit our vows on fire just to watch them glow and baby, i’m still burning slow

i’m your holy wreck—wrecked and divine ruined by love and still calling it mine i keep praying in fists, i keep bleeding in rhyme if you’re still with me—then we outran time