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ArbDreamer

Caress

Copyright ArbDreamer

Build a wall around my hollow heart.
Keep me safe,
Where I cause no harm.
Blood spilled,
it shall be from me.
Silently,
Without tears,
I weep.

Caress, one of my sins.
the steel touch,
the shining blade.
Biting sting it heals me here.
And yet it dooms me,
the price of no-fear.

Build a wall around my hollow heart.
It is cold and very dark.
The lightest touch,
like glass,
would cause it to shatter,
and Ive been touched too many times,
to not know,
that I am not unbroken.

Caress, one of my sins.
the steel touch,
the shining blade.
Biting sting it heals me here.
And yet it dooms me,
the price of no-fear.

The edge is close,
and I draw near.
Suddenly, consumed by doubt.
Gently, a single light reaches out.
I take my chance,
slip into the shadow.
The edge receives me,
deep and narrow.

Caress, one of my sins.
the steel touch,
the shining blade.
Biting sting it heals me here.
And yet it dooms me,
the price of no-fear.

Resisting all,
who draws near.
Silently, I plead.
Solitude, is my saviour.
Keep away,
I scream.
No one hears me,
it was a dream.

Caress, one of my sins.
the steel touch,
the shining blade.
Biting sting it heals me here.
And yet it dooms me,
the price of no-fear.

Left alone,
my resistance gone.
Simpler this way,
than to go on.
I reach into shadow,
one last time,
I scar myself,
and step through the line.
Abbys awaits me,
who is so kind?

 

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