Empire

Sit quiet among chaos
Watch yourself gently burning
In complete despair
In everything
You could never call yours

Know about the things that fade
Without ever being seen
And the loves you've wrecked
When the thirst remains

Sit alone and hear the noise
Of truth beneath the soul
Get to bottom of regret
And plant deeper roots of bitter
On the ground that stumbles upon
The reality:
You cannot leave

So stay
And sit quiet among chaos
For time and understanding
Have only name
But no heart
No God

Just like the silence of the past
And all that lies between
Slowly disappearing
For goodbyes are intact
Awake
And you cannot leave