And while I held the door shut You jumped through the window Bringing your devil magic lust Disguised as love Plying the whims Of a willing participant With your rainbow coloured dreams And alluring nightmares Of how our ghosts Could get along And your monsters Protect us When really what I needed Protection from Was your lust disguised And colourless dreams Your empty words still Echo Through these hallways Of my mind Out all the way through Down the hallway To an empty kitchen Where we cooked breakfast And ate dinner And laughed. once