Something I Cannot Keep

Deep at night in my dreams
I can still hear their screams
But when I sleep
They're something I can keep

I can still smell the smoldering ashes
Still feel the tears on my eyelashes
I can still hear her beseeching me to be brave
Even when there was nothing left to save

I lost everything that day
They stole my innocence away
And I tried to make myself whole again
But I had no inkling of where to even begin

I'd give anything to see them
But my memories grow dim
Now even in my sleep
They're something I cannot keep