My eyes are down when I set out to see you.

I see my path ere, watching each step eke forth

Acid gurgles at my throat -do  reach, connect

To you - from you, it is you.

Even life is a footstep closer to the closing door, 

Yet, my heart is shrouded in bitter fog.

I rattle my drinking up on the bars, the

cage that I live in breathes in brittle air, 

And yet grows strong from my delirium. 

Parched skin peels from my throat, 

as I still watch you, taking over

You wake me with your tempting voice, 

yet stifle mine with your reprimands. 

My body is a temple left in ruins, 

and your heavy hand has left the marks. 

Can't you see that your shrill sounds startle

why can't you leave the daemons alone?

There are no angels in paradise, 

and there is no paradise in me. 

If you want me, I am here

If you need me, I am here

If you kill me, I'm still here. 

Yet, I'm here, and you are blind. 

From a crack upon the stone, 

I see the doves with bleeding wings

A crimson tear upon their skin

marks the nest that they have left. 

And my nakedness sits open, raw

My skin is open, my heart is shorn. 

You exist upon my fingers,

when I set my eyes upon my face. 

I turn on to the universe, 

but you take away my steps. 

You embrace me in your false hope, 

you lead me to lap from your murky waters. 

My soul doth not doth cry, 

words bleed from in between my knuckles, 

as life bleeds away from the gashes on my skin. 

Haven't you had enough? 

Haven't you bitten off more than you can chew?

There is not much more of my life to give to you. 

I awake to your urges, my only friend.

And turn to you when tears are stuck behind my eyes. 

I fall asleep to your laughter, my only friend.

And turn over as nightmares scorch my inner lids. 

I wear you upon my shoulders, my only friend. 

And your talons cleave out my ghost.