Anatomy of a Curse

Anatomy of a curse

Let it be so
Let it come to your turn 
 These dark hallucinations of my mind
 The hope that your lips burn 
When you kiss some other 
Your deepest hazel eyes to lose color 
When you see it’s not me 


Cry out loud in anguish
When you think of the love we made 
Rashes ravage that flawless skin 
With every touch that isn’t mine

Ash gray to your fleece of jet black hair 
I wish it to be now 
The same pallor of what you left behind
Since they no longer cascade over me 	
Let those nimble fingers never feel sensations 
Those fingers that once entwined with mine
 
Slip from your palm every coin you ever hold 
Know you how it is to be bereft of all you ever owned
Skip a thousand beats of that dead cold heart you carry 
Every time my name is told 

Ghouls and vampires call on you
 In the dead of every night 
When this world retires to its slumber 
See how it feels to live
 Your life six hundred feet under
How the full moon now shines but not for its purpose before 
Those kisses we shared in its glow are ours no more
Walk to where you want, run so you can hide
I pray my memories hound you 
Let them never leave your side


No church or temple to give you relief 
Dance your ways with Satan 
Go round and round and round
Such a lovely couple you’d make 
Always room for some common ground

Rejoice in rebirth, I am fully woken 	
The spell you had cast is finally broken 
 Now live the way that I did 
Have your remaining years be wasted 	
 And let you languish through days and see
Then and only then 
Will you discover, lover
The true meaning of the word misery
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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