i can't keep hands from shaking, can't keep my heart from racing. i'm at a standstill where the plans we sketched out keep erasing. i'm not the hero i made myself out to be. my initials shouldn't be the ones carved in your cheek. // i don't want to be the one who breaks your fragile beams, who sends your soaring dreams crashing down on to their knees. i never want to be the king who beheads his queen, the man who slumps and slinks and searches for your hand while he sinks. // atlas gave me the world once before. he saw my wide eyes aching, praying for a chance to prove her wrong. he pat me on the back, wished me the best, then watched me as i crumbled to the ground like all the rest. // i don't want to be the one who breaks your fragile beams, who sends your soaring dreams crashing down on to their knees. i never want to be the king who beheads his queen, the man who slumps and slinks and searches for your hand while he sinks. when will i believe we were meant to meet? because every night i flee into your nightmares while you sleep. it seems so simple when it's written on a sheet, but all i do is worry, worry, worry while you weep. // i'm standing on the brink between our collective destinies. i'm staring blankly at all our siamese dreams but something's wrong; something you don't seem to see. your eyes are rosy, your tongue well-read, but i'm not convinced we should be more than friends. the archer failed his mission, though his aim was true. his arrow scraped straight through my heart and lodged itself in you.