the dogs

we started like children, lost in the building by the wall, hope lost to fear, and nothing was clear when lost it all, this is how, how we tried, this is where, where it died, this is how, how we cried, like the dogs left outside, we were so cautious, guarding the locksets viciously, i'm never breathing, tender like ribbons obviously, this is how, how we tried, this is where, where it died, this is how, how we cried, like the dogs left outside, i am too shy to cry, you gave her one kind to provoke, even with balance, losing the hope with you again, this is how, how we tried, this is where, where it died, this is how, how we cried, like the dogs left outside, his words are like sharp knives, reading on my rights every time, crying to our son, i was just so wrong every time, this is how, how we tried, this is where, where it died, this is how, how we cried, like the dogs left outside