Venus floated into the room on a perfumed zephyr...
Thrust into a breathless storm, this princess...
I'm staring down the barrel of this gun
Knowing his mistakes can't be undone...
You built these walls around you
To try to encage yourself...
We gather stones never knowing what they'll mean...
Blood covers my hands, my fingers trembling.
My throat is raw and burns from stale acid...
At dark of night she stood in wait
Repayment for...
Some things burn in open flames,
while others prey on glowing embers...
i
at midnight...
Candlelit hearth
splays quivering shadows...
Surrender those kisses
That made my dreams...
Trapped like a beast,
served for his feast...
These scraping nails
Inside my chalkboard mind will...