"She's coming to.."

"Stop looming over her like a vulture, Marco." 

"I'm not looming, I'm merely keeping a close eye on her." 

"And that explanation makes your actions excusable?"

As Minerva's senses returned to her, she felt something cold and wet settle upon her forehead. She opened her eyes - her vision was blurred with tears that were left unshed. She shuddered as they ran down the sides of her face. She raised her hand toward the sky, the textured...

in vienna people sway to spells of smoke filled bars and let the weight of the workday disappear in amber ales. 
  so, why don't we go? 
we can take our phones off the   hooks and disappear for awhile. it's okay to miss a day or two, you crazy child.
because you know what? 
      vienna waits for you.

little lies perch on my conscience and feed on my good deeds, 

   if i give a stranger a little smile, my feet will cause me to flee 

oh little lies, how far you've grown into blackened beings of your own 

you've consumed my very aura, and destroyed your roots, right from 
 
the seeds in which you were sown.