She rises as everyone falls Her white complexion pristine as always Men have fought for her pale face Yet, when faced with her dark side, they cry in horror A beautiful outsider She wanders alone in the stars Her wonder intimidates Her grace frightens Her love kills Under her glow men commit ****** and monsters come out to play Around every corner satin's satire drips of the tongue of ****** Adultery runs rampant Respectable ties exchanged for leashes of pleasure And briefcases for whips He sleeps in a long sleeve shirt to hide the lashes Dinner was cold when he got home But he forgave. At church The cross burns a whole in his forehead His lips slightly stained from last night Mind not on the sermon, but on his next excuse How can he admit to losing everything to a drug test
She picks up the phone with a grin on her face as if he could see her through the phone Another faulty excuse of overtime Of course the plastered smile stays But she can't find reasoning marketing should leave bruises on his wrists Her children are her only ball and chain Her soul had left her years ago But her body stays to care for them An empty shell Selene walks into the stars once again and waves the wife over She swallows more than ever and spins to the sky Selene guides her to her soul and they walk together to watch
Her son calls from his room for dinner Her daughter throws her phone because she didn't have service Her husband screams because the collar was a bit tight Selene, desperate for company, begs for her to stay And she does