Lunacy

The waxing moon coats my skin 

with darkened heat.

Saturated with madness

My eyes rain pearls, visions swirl

I cannot speak.

Soon I'm dancing

naked,

I bare my sins,

Aching

for

release.

Transforming light

into love spells,

I vibrate with energy.

Intoxicating,

this sorrow,

like my gods have

abandoned me.

I beckon the darkness

it needs to feed,

my fears are vanishing.

Only a vessel

a humbled beast,

my burdens set me free.

I spill myself beneath

moonlight,

my blood becoming

ink.

Finally

the old ones sing

through me

and I believe:

I've been kissed by 

destiny.

Ancient songs

bleed through me;

Odes to darkness

And lunacy.

Where Evil Flowers Bloom

Are you brave enough to burn me?

Can your touch

cauterize these wounds?

Scorch me from the inside out,

Then make your embrace 

my tomb.

Can your torment

Follow me?

Haunted scars that

chase me in my dreams,

Tell me, are you strong enough

To strangle misery?

Will you lay with me

Where evil flowers bloom;

Forever chained

In a bed we made

Beneath the crescent moon?

Are you brave enough

To force me to my knees,

Break my will

Kiss me until

I beg for clemency?

Will you chase me

Through my darkness

Even 

when its weakened you?

Can you inhale the shadows

That make me run

Until we're both consumed?

Are you afraid

Now that you've seen

My claws and teeth?

You can only love a beauty,

If you're

brave enough to

Tame a beast.

Incarnate

Touch me 

between my reflection and my soul.

Caress the corners of my mind,

until I lose control.

Hit me where I'm

weakest

Make me vulnerable

Hold me

down, release the breaths

I fight to hold.

Watch me inhale your contempt

until my lungs begin to scold

Attack me

listen to how I sing and moan

the ballads 

on my flesh and bone

begging to be told

Fear me

I'm strongest

when I'm bleeding and alone

I am Heaven incarnate and 

it's time you all atone.

My Favorite Lullaby

Last night my lover came to me.

He crouched low on one bended knee.

With a smile so bright, it seemed heavenly.

And then my lover began whispering,

"Take my hand, beauty.

There's nothing to fear.

Those shadows can't harm you,

whenever I'm here."

Cloaked by the night,

my lover's face was unseen.

He pulled me close,

before telling me,

"Walk with me, beauty.

Stop believing their lies.

It's me that needs you, darling,

tell them goodbye."

Tears welled in my eyes,

knowing what I'd leave behind.

but His voice was like satin,

Goodbye wasn't frightening

with his hand in mine.

"I'll wait for you, Beauty.

you will be mine.

I am eternal,

I have nothing but time."

Death told me he loved me.

Before he kissed me goodnight.

His voice will always be

my favorite lullaby.

Stitches

Sure

I can stitch these wounds together

with a string of pretty words.

I'll just pull a pin from my heart

to give a point to another verse.

I know I'm finally healing

when it hurts the worst.

But 

Eventually

I'll need to bleed

and my seams

will

start 

to 

burst.

*RL*

Gunslinger:

They say she smells like gunpowder,

Permanently stained from
countless bullets

crafted from shooting stars.

Rounds of hope
fired desperately

at the crescent moon.
Poor trigger happy girl,

burying herself beneath the shells 

of hollow dreams.

Her rebel soul never quivered

When a stranger came to town.

But still, it never mattered

how many outlaws 

she dusted at high noon.

Or how brightly the golden stars

Blazed inside her:

No one can survive a shot through the heart.

Not even The Gun Slinger,

Who could light up the night sky

With the ashes of fairy tales.

D U M M Y

Just tell me

what you want them to hear.

I'll say it twice

then another time.

Until I can convince their ears,

the voice they hear is mine.

They think its magic, darling!

They gather round for just a peak.

Even though your lips

aren't seen parting,

they know 

you're controlling me.

Inanimate without you,

locked in a pretty box, I'm trapped.

Until you want to put on a show,

And place your hand upon my back.