in your white city
wrapped in pavement
nestled between the hills
where nothing flourishes
the tree tops close to you
eager to tear apart from the ground
your tainted water
is poison
to all who wish to seek its purity

a smothered innocence
born into a soulless city
and the metal-clad titans
that threaten my wooden structure
break through my barrier, into my arms
my weaponry is pillaged
and i again remain reckless to you
your striking force
blunt across my chest
breathless, i remain in your agony

and as messages from you come up silent
i feel my heart floating
in your ominous sea
tying joyous knots
between frequent skipping beats
creating drops of your voice
that are echoed in the wells of my chest
for your sweet words blossomed twice
like clear stained letters
written near dawn

i fear
that the collapse of your growth is nearing
and the words that once laid before you
are voices in the distance
and the landscape of  your thoughts
buried shame
is brought upon still hearts
publicized
and all we wished to stay hidden
is torn across the horizon
and stretched across the bridges
with sorrow tipped urgency

and you lament to me
for i dreamt of your sorrow
going to the branches
when you should have sought the core
for now, all that is hopeless in your misery
is set free upon the village
set loose upon a whim
in your undying destruction

descend upon me in your radiance
for i was conceived in your fire
and now i stand, chest heaving
burnt in your tragedy
awaiting your return to my ruins
but your smile plays to your demise
and you instead cover me in your distance
a walking dream of your terror
the putrid evidence of your existence
leaves a stain upon my flesh
for i believed in your like a religion
for you were the disciple of my heart
but that legacy has been destroyed
for you have never carried your sins

like my wish upon a fallen star
burnt out upon the night
prepare yourself for slaughter
for when the evening breaks
the sun will be red with tears
and i will be born again in your remains

morning bird
awakened to our sins
stripped from the clear light
and forced into shadows
the keepers of secrets
the holders of silence
trapped beneath the marching of soldiered feet
across barren land
empty and bitter to our decline
for they yield no worth
for when reality strikes back
with its venomous teeth, ripe with treason
sun spread wings shall soar
above dark mountain tops
only to land again in darkness

the empty space
left for you
in my single bed
should be pleasurable
for now i have room to stretch
but when the lights go out
and i lay down to sleep
all i can do
is imagine how it is
to have you next to me
fighting for equal space
draped by your arms
instead of these blankets
but i remain restless
and all i can do in these moments
is wonder if you are awake too
contemplating a simple message
that would ask me to be yours
for just one more night

the ever present taste of metal on my tongue
heavy, and unable to pass the iron gate of my lips
silent, in the quake of restless hearts
the breath of simple lovers crushes my windpipe
and easy words become forbidden
ugly and tainted with an adamant coating
i place myself effortlessly in a cage
removed from humanity
lifeless eyes, silent mouth
the shutdown so familiar
but it is in the revival that i am lost

the absence of darkness in the city
fragile upon the edge of light
empty and eerily awaiting the demise of the sun
lifeless city, ruthless in its takings
your decadence
sad and unheard by passers on the quiet streets
singled by the sounds of your own footsteps
unlost but wandering
for what you seek in a star
is hidden by shrouds of impurity

recently i have been living beneath the soil
unable to breathe
each breath brings a mouthful of pain and disgust
my lungs fill with these things
shards of people
with your monstrous teeth
you will dig and find me there
unable to speak
tear me apart like a carnivore
the smell of blood is too overwhelming
the scars are still raw from your existence

i am so far gone
unable to pronounce
the words that get caught in my throat
i cannot say
but the pain they have caused is unbearable
they burn there
their meaning becoming more real for me
i doubt you know
you cannot see the feeling taking over me

i back away so that when i implode
my blood will only grace the snow