Staring at her reflection in
chatoyant mirrors, learning my
last blessings, creeping past
poltergeists during marauder
inspections while I transcribe
her flesh on caesura, pleading
with the Pleiades for soprano
notes to stay on his alto clefs,
hanging gardens in her image
Ombrielle mistress,
Black Narcissus as my witness —
Extravagant, solivagant nymphs
born from lascivious river spirits
want to hear their voices Echo
in mountain cliffs, carried
by arid winds to places
gods’ garments are ripped,
convicting the Prince
Allure downfall
Embodiment of temptation
Seeped into my bloodstream making your way into my heart
Ache behind the art
Tender in the dark , killer with a kiss
Softer than scars louder than silence
Moon fire
Promise are slippery things
Watching her laugh with him feels like a final goodbye
I thought giving her space was all she needed
My girl
I watch her slip away
I should be the one
The one who makes her laugh
The one who fills all ing holes
The one who handcuffs her and growls in her ear
" MINE"
She shot me but she's still my girl
Craved Liar on my chest still my little Assassin
She ing stabbed me and I would give her a knife and let her do it all over again
I just want my girl
She's out of this world, thinking of no one but herself,
The pain she caused on that fateful day,
A forgotten wound that refuses to heal,
A heartless queen, selfish in her own way."
In the shadows of her mind, the memories linger on,
The day she chose to shatter his heart,
A decision made without thought or care,
A broken prince, left alone to mourn."
Her cruelty knew no bounds, a dark queen of ice,
His love, once pure and true, now twisted by her knife,
In the depths of his despair, he curses her name,
A broken kingdom, forever changed by her game."
As the years pass, his pain a constant ache,
He remembers the day she broke him,
A wound that never heals, a scar that never fades,
A cold queen, ruling from a frozen throne of mistakes."
In the silence of his suffering, he whispers her name,
A broken king, his kingdom in ruins,
A shattered dream, forever stained by her game,
A cold queen, alone in her icy domain."
And in the end, he dies alone, his heart frozen in time,
A fallen king, forgotten by the world,
A broken heart, lost to the cold queen's crime,
A tragic tale, of love and betrayal entwined."
Winter's cruel kiss"
In the dead of night, her prince reveals his true form,
A wolf in sheep's clothing, his heart as cold as ice,
She's trapped in a nightmare, no fairy godmother in sight,
Her glass slippers shattered, her dreams left to freeze
Her heart, once on her sleeve, now lies frozen and alone,
Shattered like the glass that once adorned her feet,
She's a prisoner to his lies, a puppet on a string,
Her fairytale is over, her story incomplete.
The clock strikes midnight, her carriage turns to ash,
The ballroom's lights now dim, the music fades away,
She's left with nothing but a broken heart and tears,
A fairytale gone wrong, her happy ending astray..
And so she vanishes, a shadow in the night,
A phantom of her former self, her dreams now out of sight,
No prince, no love, no happy ever after,
Just a shattered heart and a fairytale's disastrous disaster..
In the cold and lonely silence, Cinderella weeps for a love that never was,
And as her tears fall, the darkness consumes her, a heartbroken soul lost in the shadows."
"Dreams Dissolve in darkness"
Draw in those thick veils.
Fading flesh released to press -
thank you, rude magic!
Let me be longing for the touch
I've never felt
Or the love I've never had..
Let the cities be doomed
Or the minds be gloomed.
Can I care less?
Oh my love...
As our union is the purest,
dancing on the pyre of myths.
And for you and I, I seek nothing else!!
"Before Mourning"
Dance? she said
let the moves
grip your mind
bury the words
burning roads
on your tongue
in a deep kiss
tattoo mine
instead
a promise forewarning
I give this to thee
I will take you
before morning
amuse
mystery
(LadyLabyrinth / 2021)
“Like you”/ Rosenfeld
https://youtu.be/iyh6_hSxMvo
alternative title: eternal shades of grey ;)
“fantôme du noir chevalier”
whither doth thee cometh from?
Strange voice that I see
Coldness of ire burns
the skin beneath sheets
paper white guise
black ink heart bleeding within -
stranger the walls do speak here
in the mirror swimming See
the lost reflections of souls
the misguided forlorn
disenchanted do scry
their petulant perplexity
ghosts for the haunting
picked like ripe plumbs
legions illuminating dead dreams
the devil beating his drums
in her spectral bed
the incubus arrives
the succubus hums
once were bold quills tracing
curves cursive passionately clear
near human once attempting sincere
to unlock love with blind faith ne’er fear
I hear your tome calling
fantôme du noir chevalier
erudite Faust waives
ignores lore written before him
I hear your tome calling
fantôme du noir chevalier
Salome is her name
a new dance appears
She will take you
before morning
a promise forewarning
I give this to thee
fantôme du noir chevalier
(LadyLabyrinth / 2021)
“Here in My Room”/ Incubus
https://youtu.be/0IlPlKBXRHE
Sonnet LXXXVI
Oh how we danced all throughout the dark night,
We swayed perfectly on the mountains top,
Feeding me lies of love, never thought it'd stop,
No thought you'd leave but there's doubt that you might,
My soul was all yours, you crushed it in spite,
Soon realized you played with me like a prop.
I wonder if you love me like I do
Talk about, words can't even reciprocate
But you don't, so I step down for my sake,
Still on the mountains top a cold breeze blew,
You said life was bland when I'm not with you
You lied and left me, now I sit and wait.
I'm tired, going off the edge I fly,
Leaving you, I'm numb but our love had died.
Whether things will go normal
Or will happen the occult
But always happens universal
Dirt and dust will simply out
After day long wind and rain
From fields and farmhouse hay
Then, the night will fall when
Disappears gloomy, weary day,
Myriads stars are in milky way
Some looking at me will hark
My past, my present, anyway
And thus, I will stand in the dark
Some stars will fall on the ground
And flowers will bloom all around.
A sultry thief of desperate souls,
A devilish harlot in disguise.
Hoarder of damaged and broken hearts,
Picking up remnants of loves demise.
Across a flawless, unblemished face,
Lips curl, a wry smile begins to form.
A vulture of the vulnerable,
A red rose with invisible thorns.
Eerie elegies luring innocent souls,
A siren's laughter invokes madness.
Chaos descends upon the willing,
Naive hearts crumble under duress.
As the revealing sun shines brightly,
Clear light helps true intentions unfold,
Evil lies underneath the white veil,
Tragic stories of love left untold.
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