the silence bleeds crimson

 
my pain in scarlet bloodletting
living the life of the haunted
I cry to the heavens for sanctuary
a moments reprieve from the darkness
crimson stains my conscious

insidious nightmares
treachery by days light
my demons follow

the dawn brings no happiness
sorrow ever the morrow
indigo melancholy weeps for my loneliness
alone in my shame
I shoulder the weight of my sin nature

infinite tears kept locked tight in a vial
my emptiness turns my skies violent
an end in this life perhaps but to what end
to follow me into the next one?

I find no place to let loose this burden
the stars bear witness to my foolishness
weep for the fallen woman
who in her indecision
has already chosen

remember this story well
children of dawn
gird your loins with truth
lest you be beguiled

misery the reward for the unwary
beware my folly