a n t h o l o g y
there's nothing i wouldn't do;
no lie or story i wouldn't sell.
i'd trade a dime or the sea
just for a glimpse; for his heart's key.
i think i saw it at the start.
before the lies and stories tore us apart.
tore me apart, with my heart bare
tears swell in my throat
crying, i say
"don't you know our love's rare?"
but now they all want a slice of your love;
the boys, the girls, but what about us?
the special place we made with our hands;
the palace, the temple on the holiest land,
where we laid our bed is done for;
dead.
one day you'll find i've been blown along
by the wind, or life, or a new love's song.
soon enough i'll find a new home
when this lover of mine forgets me out in the cold.
yet still i remain,
spinning around like a hound in a cage.
you know you've won, so give it up
give me your key
pump blood to my heart.
and so i say and i decree
for him, my heart will lay far beneath
in sombre, in slumber
for life, for eternity.
despite the tides and my strange weather
no matter the high or low
seasons, they will come and go
you love me in all my shades of blue
my other true colours too
my blood and fire; angel in the choir
that's just what you do
birthed me from the bone
your love, i feel it glow
despite the chances; my songs and dances
you let me know
that you love me like the day before
the day you opened my door
from my first eyelet to the aisle,
you guide me through the storm
mother loves me in all my true colours
jade with envy, blue and gold
mother loves me, so mother suffers
that's just how it goes.
i turn blue. then red.
gold like you. then i feel dread.
all these colours i've bled
but mother i will love you til i'm dead.