Rosewood

 


My heart knocks against the rosewood floors
My lips kiss the tips of my bloodied fingers 
The Excalibur pushed deep into my spine
Screaming "Forever, does your fate remain condemned to mine"

I saw death as a dream, a vibrant, scintillating and permanent being
An avalanche of implosions to cease the twinkling of fairy lights in my periphery
The smoke forecasts the wreck that leaves me a breathless, heart ached mess
And under the rug, does it sweep the ashes of the memory of the rest

I couldn't save the heat that singed my frozen skin
I lay awake running in quicksand in a sleepless lucid dream 
Barefoot in the puddle of my sweat on the rotten rosewood
It gave me back the colour I shuddered off in the battle

I've masqueraded my fear that shines like a beacon of life
They keep the rusted keys to my kingdom buried under a dauntless guise
I waltz like a blushing phantom shown warmth for the first time
I glide across the deserted ballroom into arms so alluring its an archetype

Standing alone, under the moon in the foyer of my rosewood mansion
A flood of burning midnight oil sets fire to my aged wisdom
In a desperate attempt to strike a love match and lure a companion
Like it would change me, keep me loosely fastened to my independence

And they'll call me a spinster who wears her weight in wealth
With a neck like a trunk and nerves of stone, no noose can tether 
And only a halfwit would be wise enough to claim a share of her soul
An investment of the rarest kind, no profit, no loss, no stones left unturned

No tellers of my fortune, claim my fate is sentenced to a witness
No bars of iron, hold me prisoner in my own fortress
No fickle minded heartthrob can pull this cursed sword out of my rosewood chest
That leaves me happily wounded and eternally at rest. 


-auctor


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