Submissions by Redcrystal

Your deceitful lips burn like acid

Against my own

‘til my melting flesh no longer clings

To the once secreted bone

I stand unshielded from the world

While you mock what I’ve become

And yet you’re still unfinished

You force me to succumb

You enter through my ribs to take

Hold my beating heart

As your baleful tongue laps up the blood

I feel my soul depart

Your eyes pass through my being

Now just a withered, empty shell

Then you toss me in a pile
...

Shadows lurking
Darkness blinding
Yet I fear the light the most
Awakening
My innocent eyes
Shining upon
What black cloaks

Stretch the skin on my face

To move like you want it

It must be good taste

To have a smile that’s haunted

You best not leave me alone

Or I might stray


Feed me my words through a straw

I could choke on perfection

My tongue sandpapered raw

‘Til it gleams recollection

Truth isn’t relative

At least not today


[chorus]
Hold me down

You can stop the world

From spinning now

But I’ll still taste the words on my

Lips from yesterday

Time...