Cards..
I keep waiting....
If I could I would get an old GTO
re write every promise in smoke
Watch them fall like ashes one by one...
Scarlett letters bleed into empty promises
The Ace pretends to be a King
I fold........
One hand
I threw the dice
You left the table
The labyrinth we mold out of cards
Gambling dreams
Speaking truth as it leaves your mouth it burns....
How do we believe
When you raped me of everything I knew
I am the devil you never want to face eye to eye
I am the angel who protects under perfect wings
I am the soldier who won a thousand wars
Alice speaks
snow falls
She is laughing
She is swallowed alive
I write a script
I know every word by heart
Ill sing you to sleep
And poison your heart at the same time
An abortion of hope
Cut the heart into pieces
Love rots
My veins run cold
I ask Jesus for advice
He says..
Darling don't believe the lies
My world becomes small
when I thought we were big
I dance at this funeral
You say it's how it was supposed to be
Never felt that way .....when you were holding me.
Trade a secret with me
Ask your heart to be free
I read the Braille on the walls of your trench coat
that used to protect me
Whats it like to have a voice?
I am a Scarlett letter
I am the seine
in your shallow sea.
Never had a chance
Who can contain me?
This is incredible. I love the imagery and Wonderland-play. So far, this is my favorite:
ReplyDelete"Alice speaks
snow falls
She is laughing
She is swallowed alive"
Now I'm going back to read it a couple more times. :)
goodness amy...great use of hard words to set the tone in this...i read the braille on the walls of your trenchcoat that used to protect me...great line...hot write today...
ReplyDeleteNice; makes me think of Meredith Brooks' music:
ReplyDelete"Ill sing you to sleep
And poison your heart at the same time"
I think this is actually my favorite line:
"I read the brail on the walls of your trench coat"