Your arms cage me
As if the bird wings beating in my heart
Are not to be allowed
I know you'll leave
And I'll lay cold and bleeding on the floor
Afraid that you will come back
But wishing, longing to have more
But your arms will leave their memory on me
Casting jail-bar shadows on my emotions
Is it so terrible to have my love
You won't answer that question
You'll just shake your head
And my love will grow stillborn in me
Bare and neglected
You could have my heart on a platter
But it would chill in the shadow
Of your turned back
And as I died I would reflect
How beautiful and cruel you are
So for now I will let myself be caged
And I will pretend that for once
You want my scar-striped heart