They said

She had wings

They said she could fly

They promised that she

Had come to Earth from a demon’s side

They said she could kill

With a glance of ruby eyes

They said she could will

Endless darkness in our lives

They said she could smile

And make our blood boil in our veins

They said she could laugh

And summon forth her hellish flames

They told her

To leave us alone

They told her to go ba...

Lights flicker with the coming of the eve

The sunlight refracts against steep glass

The sky darkens with foreboding for the night

None notice how the days pass.

Lights blink in the feast of color

Silhouettes rush past shooting stars

Dusk’s gloom falls on the shoulders of the young

Oblivious, they carry the sky.

Lights sparkle radiantly in Nyx’s starry eyes

The moon bewitches those below

Burdens ...

The willow weeps enough alone

You need not cry with it

I hope you understand

I need someone who understands

And

Every strand

Of emerald leaves that falls like tears from the strong trunk of the great tree

Knows me better

Than

I know the back of my own hand

I have someone who understands

Why should I keep looking?

I’ll sit and cry

Beneath sky

Beneath the tree

Because the willow is the only one...

As I looked into your eyes I saw my future go up in flames

I saw the road before me burning instantly away

And I was terrified that I would drop

Far below and never find again the path which I had found

As I looked into your eyes I saw my future go up in flames

I thought you knew that this was not the time for games

I wished that I could know for certain what lies beyond that curtained smile

Is ...

You keep the quilt pressed close to a sweating forehead,

The golden light on to scare the dark

Yet you jump at the sound of the mechanical lark.

Your wild eyes are forced open

In a terrified trance you cannot deny

You pray that no wolf will jump for sheep over a fence so high.

The lark screeches like an owl in the night

Twelve chimes it shrieks

And your heart leaps twelve times.

The creak and ...

Once the sun slips behind the horizon

When tomorrow leers over tonight

Shadows creep around quiet corners

Claiming buildings as their own.

Once the moonlight sparkles dimly

After darkness takes the town

Buildings whisper to one another

While roads speak of nights to come.

But far from urban solidarity

Far from the comforts of sweet home

Black woods loom on the city’s edge

Unheard from until twi...

Sapphires ricochet off slate

Magic swallowed by endless grey

A path cut clear for all to see

I’ll follow it to the end.

Bright smiles fade at ashen walls

Gold light cracked by the length it falls

Unfazed by sorrow, bliss and fear

Stands steady, my heart of stone....

It’s so close

I can touch it

I can smell it

I can breathe the air around it

It’s so close

I can hear the serpent whisper in my ear

The fruits of my labor grow so near

A whisker’s length away

A beautiful death away

A shaky breath and I say

No

But it’s so close

Scales wrap around my neck

Squeeze tight till I’m out of breath

Change your mind they seem to say

There’s still time they deign to pray

Lau...

Hope fades

So does the light

The waters of the sea of grief

Close in around me

Tight

I try to swim for where it was

I try to scream for there it was

And now it’s gone.

I claw desperately at salted air

Green blue and dark

And I am there

Drowning there

For there it was

And now it’s gone

When all hope fails, what do we rely on?...

It was a smile

And then our fingers intertwined

So soft and warm

So kind and calm

So perfectly divine

It meant so much to me that first time

We walked along

My hand slipped into yours

I smiled and grinned

Skin against skin

I could have lost my mind

It was so special because it was the first time

We ran away

From all the eyes that watched

I laughed and cried

Moments frozen in time

I was in a wond...