A Song of Moss and Blood

I drown in your glow in your madness, allucinare haze in your not-kissess and not-caresses which turn my skin into a burning coals meadow I drown in your stars sparks dancing, licking flames melting the forever-snow dripping with dying icicles my kindling lifting me up when I become the winter burning my hellebores; black roses catching fire crowned with gold and silver you are my lady of the torn gossamers I am your lord of lost dreams a wind in your hair spreading flames over my dry forest

you pretend your colors didn’t fade shades of red and blue; painted over your skin with brush of fear and pain you pretend you beam with light cracked glass and broken windows letting the sun in – to trap it in the dusty gloom you pretend you live catching threads of the everyday with obsidian talons raising from your grave to bathe in the morning blood sinking teeth in your own vein.

you are summoning the autumnal colors rustling branches and wild vermillion your hair drink the gossamer bliss you were my captive, my woven wonder you tucked my heart in the cradle made with gleaming threads created air we both breathe with I am drowning in fallen leaves wooden fingers, metal beaks, copper spiders runes on the tree bark – those which fulfill tangled wishes The rusted season swallows us both let me summon the roses let me summon the thorns a spell that lasts until blinding white licks our skin […]

these cats were never meant to be warm frozen claws and frosted teeth sharpened on tired days and sleepless nights thorny creatures, mares of non-existent dreams needles and thorns; iron lilies draped on wires   this night was never young copper skeleton bent to the ground heavy with rust

song us a song, sweet one [ so we lead you into the night, filled with bloodied fingers and eyes like stars bathed in half truths and warm lights ] sing us a melody, sweet one [ spellbind us with your dance, capture us with your resplendent youth ] touch our soul, sweet one [ let us deceive you, a beautiful madness hidden behind a blooming rose enchanted into moss and leaves – hungry faces gaze from each mirror ] fill us with a smile, sweet one [ stolen from […]