raw.

I wring out the poison so you can fill me again

I've brandished my words like so much violence

I know what it is to really scream

Potions and alchemy

Fall through me

Black on your soul

Rips through me

And I hold on to the thought of hope

Since all hope is gone

And I cling to you like you will disappear

Into all the slick sick flesh 

Like before

Murder lives there

In my heart

It's getting close

So close

To the love and tenderness

Sneaking in

Settling down

Resting and waiting

It stares at me in the night 

In the dark

In the cold empty space that was my soul

Did you think of me?

My touch, my kiss, my trust?

Did you remember me?

Did you ever intend to keep

All those promises you made?

So cry your tears

Of guilt and shame and self-recrimination

Feel secure in your ideals

Your hope of a better you

While the beast that lives in you lies in repose

Waiting

Waiting

Waiting

For the fall