[Poetry] Recompense

This all seems so familiar Do we need all this extra weight? Buried, so we should leave it behind. Just leave me behind Dance caliber, sweet blue, behind her eyes Diamonds on cheek, sparkle and shine He holds her softly, rocking where they lay Light shifting, bright to ashen grey Tin shoulders rise and fall Stand to meet the coming tide The flow of tears that tear away The tiers and ties that'd bind and sway This all seems so familiar Do we need all this extra weight? What's buried should stay buried. Just leave me... One more refrain, before we leave One more, one less we