vienna - haven

I brace myself as I see your silhouette

Make it's way down the icy hall

Years it's been since I've been seen 

I've been waiting for your call

We were twelve years old when promises were told

But making them was a sin foretold

They were written deep into the stone walls

But I watched them efface with the rainfall

Your shattered oaths lay scattered on the dance floor

Smart move you were careful not to fall for

Waltz numbers that would crush them further

Now we're strangers, lonely as the night in Vienna

Ten years is a lifetime for someone 

Who's still a child at heart

I always hoped I would grow out of it

But scarlet letters can't be torn apart

We were ten years old when you showed me your scar

From falling off your bike, you were proud

We sat side by side at the feet of the Neptun fountain

Staying in this moment forever was all I ever wanted

Your shattered oaths lay scattered on the dance floor

Smart move you were careful not to fall for

Waltz numbers that would crush them further

Now we're strangers, lonely as the night in Vienna

Walking into the cathedral I hear my shame echo back to me

Staring into the pulpit wondering why you were taken from me

Whispering prayers in the hope it may bring you back

All I see is a constellation of tears burning the many faces black

And down the spiral I go again struggling to breathe in the icy air

I replay the last time I saw you again

Full of life in the heated Vienna air. 

-Neha Bhende