Crimson velvet melts to droplets,
one drop, then two.
Which descend suicidally
to the wooden box below
like Autumn leaves;
like a solitude’s tears.
Your roots,
fed with apathy,
remain buried. Cold within the ground;
while you, a rose,
wither
within my bitter heart of glass.
No, not glass. A plastic sheath.
Translucent.
Now, can I see your true intentions;
Why
then do you still persist with these false
pretensions?
Now I
a headstone of diamond
you a sword.
With a final thrust,
we’re one.
Retract your blade and watch as I
bleed
my love for you.
Alas, my love
was your only foundation.
You now lie here too,
amongst the desolates with Psyche.
I cannot hold you,
I cannot contain you,
I never could.
The light comes
with Aurora’s embrace,
only to have her prick a finger
upon a thorn;
a verdant spindle.
She then watches drowsily
as her golden hues
forever
bleed pastels, reds, and
bitter blues.
one drop, then two.
Which descend suicidally
to the wooden box below
like Autumn leaves;
like a solitude’s tears.
Your roots,
fed with apathy,
remain buried. Cold within the ground;
while you, a rose,
wither
within my bitter heart of glass.
No, not glass. A plastic sheath.
Translucent.
Now, can I see your true intentions;
Why
then do you still persist with these false
pretensions?
Now I
a headstone of diamond
you a sword.
With a final thrust,
we’re one.
Retract your blade and watch as I
bleed
my love for you.
Alas, my love
was your only foundation.
You now lie here too,
amongst the desolates with Psyche.
I cannot hold you,
I cannot contain you,
I never could.
The light comes
with Aurora’s embrace,
only to have her prick a finger
upon a thorn;
a verdant spindle.
She then watches drowsily
as her golden hues
forever
bleed pastels, reds, and
bitter blues.
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