You'd tread upon it without thought You'd cast asunder while it's caught Though when there's cause for it's depart Nothing's dearest to your heart It marvels at your fickle ways You'd feign distress for days and days Such a shame your ways are slanted Your heart well versed in taking for granted.
Only he can wear this crown The woe that pulls and holds him down A life without, a life with shame And only he may hold the blame A door once shut can ne'er reopen The portal sealed with those words spoken A path he frequents and walks through slowly A friendship formed by suitor lowly.
Grotesque in form shocking to behold Visceral repulsion, masked, not told Ignorance beguiles the mind away Perceptive eye dumb to self display Casting light towards looking glass Defines reflection as being crass A subtle inkling would forever deface The stalwart faith in beauties embrace
The cinder longs burn after flame expires A dim reminder of long past fires As nostalgic warmth of embers glows The biting chill of winter slows A smile as cinders begins to fade Knowing the cold you must abade Seasons change and flames do flicker Times shall pass with skin made thicker
Lost in me my spirit of song My staff unused and empty The night is lonely, the day is long My tongue, tied, does prevent me Regreting days of unwritten phrase Our way had long inspired me A love betrayed, a heart razed Hubris, with haste, had fell me.