Hey wake up!
What
the-!? Oh hey
what
are you doing down here?
I fell.
You
fell?
I fell and hurt myself pretty bad.
Lemme
see.
I pull
my halo down.
You watch as it slips around my shoulders.
You watch as it slips around my shoulders.
A ring
burns a mark into my flesh.
How
long has it been like that?
For
a while now, it hurts.
I
bet. You bleed so pretty though.
I wish it would stop.
Even as I choke on your
embers,
I still wanted to bring you back to me.
Except you hovered too high
Just out of my reach.
I still wanted to bring you back to me.
Except you hovered too high
Just out of my reach.
So
you fell?
Yes.
Who
made you fall?
I did.
Who
pushed you over the edge?
I swing my feet & advert my
eyes to the floor, bashfully
eyes to the floor, bashfully
I did.
And
now you are down here.
Is that a problem?
No,
never a problem for me, m’dear.
I blush billowing smoke &
warmth from within.
But,
why would you do such a thing
to yourself?
to yourself?
I didn’t want to feel any more
mouths that tasted too hollow to speak
mouths that tasted too hollow to speak
half-truths & empty lies.
So I let my halo slip and let myself free-fall.
Okay.
You
extend yourself & sit up in your bed.
Envelop
& pull me in towards your silvery psyche.
You
look tired, wanna lie down?
Why are you being so nice?
Because
I want to.
You turn your face into
my nook to kiss
my burning flesh & cry on the blacken blisters.
my burning flesh & cry on the blacken blisters.
I
don’t want to be a burden, I say.
Sweetheart,
so far you’ve only been a burden to yourself.
Your words sting with burning honesty
I withdraw into myself.
Your words sting with burning honesty
I withdraw into myself.
Calm
down and come lie down with me.
I
don’t want burn you.
I
wouldn’t mind if you did.
I step
my bare-feet to the edge.
You pull
your heathen ashen feathers
and presses it lightly into my skin.
I grip the marble sides of your bedpost
and presses it lightly into my skin.
I grip the marble sides of your bedpost
leaving
behind scorch trails and soot as I
climb
in.
I
feel right in here.
You
smile sadly with your eyes &
I sleepily blink mine.
I sleepily blink mine.
I
used to get really lonely, you know.
You
did?
Yea.
And
now you don’t?
You
shake your head and more grey feathers fall.
Nope,
not anymore I think.
What
happened?
You
finally decided to come down and
wake
me up.