Persephone
When the lights go out in my mind
They creep in like ghosts at the drop of a dime
My skin tingles as it freezes, my breath gets stolen too many times
I hear them laughing like I lost a bet
Gripping onto my nerves like they'll drift away
My eyes sealed shut, no more blood to bleed out, I'm forsaken now
I'm only adventurous when I have to be
Swinging from the vines and diving into the deep
So I jump into the Cadillac of my dreams
Parked at the end of the street
And disappear like the ghosts that haunt my peace
I whisper into the night and hope they reach you somehow
You make me want to live forever and dispel the sorrows that do
Over time we learn that love isn't unconditional but fear is
I'm only adventurous when I have to be
Falling from the vines to fake a tragedy
And then I jump into the Cadillac of my dreams
Parked at the end of the street
And disappear like the ghosts that haunt my peace
Over time we learn to forgive our mistakes
And treat them like lessons that brought us here today
Imperfections are inevitable but so is the echo of their existence
They poke and prod our state of mind, tangled up in their braid of lies
Persephone knew that the fruit of one's labors couldn't be free for another
But temptation rose like smoke in her lungs and poisoned her
Still she chose her Cadillac dreams knowing full well it was out of her reach
She was adventurous when she had to be
And disappeared like the ghosts that haunt her peace.
-auctor

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