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Jun 2015
Thwarted by dwarfs
I am the patron saint of benevolence
I am the eye of the emerald stone
I am the long road from dusk to dawn
I am alone

Hunted by rabbits
I am the crucifixion of sin
I am Judas who lets liars win
The sailboats come in
And even in a storm of solemn sailors
I am alone

Black roses devour me
Ephemeral lungs that I have but cannot keep
The coffins scream
Havoc comes running like salt to a stream
Distance is perched on a stream, waiting
Eye to eye we look but never see
You like a shadow of a romanced daydream
And me
Lowly
Neanderthal
Spirit

Foxtrot
Darling you never liked to dance
You spoke words
You spoke words that set dead feet to dancing
Encumber me to never let the wolves in
Freely I chained my dead veins to your skin
Now I stand grieving
Like a corpse rising
Strange clouds once demure now poisoned like ivy
Deadly

Ivory
You scratched your fingers down my spine
To make you mine
Bring on the great flood
And untangle your bones from my blood
Wicked vines
Crippled times
Crooked lines
Sounding as same as your lies
All that darkness for the sake of losing you from my mind
From the inside

Carthage
Here comes the end
Fence up forgiveness you'll do it again
Never a friend
The water's rising
My feet are failing
You shake out my sins like a ghost in a garden

Daring to try
Until the day you slit a sword
And called me yours
Darling
Raphael Cheong
Written by
Raphael Cheong
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   Sara Murray
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