Exiled

Shackles to hold us down, my love,    
Fate has sworn against us  
Happiness thrown to the lustful wind,    
Which seeks to carry away our years  
You and I, forever in exile,    
Never to return again  
To the warm embrace of our rightful place    
So come, and take my hand    
   
Drawn away from sanctity,    
We leap to chase our dreams    
The wheel turns with endless wrath    
To crush our hopes beneath    
   
Bound to one another by a serpent's tail  
As its venom crawls through our veins    
We fall into each other's arms,    
Seething in our pain  
   
This wound in my chest has opened up  
And the fire burns within  
We are falling away from all that's real,    
Lying in the wake of sin    
   
As we lie here on the ground,    
Your heartbeat, such a welcome sound  
Basking in the warmth, such a painful delight,    
Shivering in the cold, as we hide from daylight.    
 
   
   
   
~~I wrote this one about 10 years ago, wanted to share. I find some of my old stuff interesting, so I'll likely share more soon. I wasn't sure if this would fit better in dark poems or love poems so hope I picked right :p