Lilith - The Fall of the Blackbird

 

My guilt is counterfeit and my wounds self-inflicted 

They swell and punch my gut and force some kind of confession

And as I wrap my arms around him in comfort 

He repels my solace like it's malice haunting a church

The lines start to show, the clothes begin to fall

And all the secrets buried in them fly up to the sun

The poison acts so slow, he wants me to go

Behind him closes the door, I know he knows

My footfall set a fire, crimson flames dance at the pier

When lust and jealousy pour out of the same bottle no one sheds a tear

All the front lines begin to merge into one

Nobody knows who is fighting for whom anymore

The bullet goes in fast, I bleed gold all over the palace floors

He buttons up my coat, says a frugal life isn't for me so

He puts the bottle in my hand, says two drops and he will understand

The absence of immortality in his pretender royal veins

Affection isn't something I tend to yield as a weapon

Pity is a knife I plunge into his unsuspecting heart for good reason

My heart fools me into thinking I married a man and not a king

And when the storm is put to sleep, our ties dissolve in the gray sea

It foams at the mouth and twitches with no sound

It beats against the hull and he doesn't seem to care

He pleads for a chance that all this is a nightmare 

And I'm Lilith dancing on the blades of his shoulder as he stares into the blood red sky

Full disclosure, I wasn't prepared to be the villain

But a fool's pride is a price to pay, even if it is forgiven

Even the wildest winds will not make him see reason

That his life is worth more than a pedestal. 

-auctor