soap&diamonds

By Diamond

do you see me? my dear,

with ink-stained tips, blood you fear

do you hear me? my heart,

the corpse on the floor, is just the start

puppet chains, cigarette smoke aside

do you recognize me? oh love of mine,

when my tongue is burning, arms are tied

is your love unconditional for the murderer inside?

i smile, i weep, my blood at my feet

angelic wings, stained black like my teeth

wrists, once whole, fall limp not dead

a fortune, well spent, lies beneath my head

a funeral for three, not one is truly me

watch as the sun, never falls, never leaves

first infant, then child, and now a teen

will my adult body also betray me?

oh keeper of my heart, do you now see?

the monster you’ve harbored, inside your keep

the innocent, the bloodied, resent you and me

for the chains you unlocked, the death that creeps