You And I

You are air, I am earth,

You have scales, I have fur,

You are a psycopath, I am a sociopath,

You have the temper, I have the ego,

You are a murderer, I am an assassin,

You are an actor, but so am I.

You live a lie, but I lie to live.

You rage on because I have no reason,

No reason to burn.

You run from your past while 

I dream of mine every night,

Your conscience breathes

but I suffocated mine long ago.

You sear yourself for the pain you cause,

I ignore it and walk on.

I can't read your silence,

you can't understand my words.

You won't tell me what I want to hear,

I walk away, "Let go."

But finally you say "No",

and we sit asking ourselves

over and over

Why we both stay here,

staring at the same table blankly

hand in hand.