I am once
Again
Here
Having been
Stripped
Of all my
Nakedness
Having watched
Romantic witches burn
My native skin
Having to play
With a bauble
Of nothingness
For an eternity
And more
So much
The hurt
The woe
The pain unimaginable
That not even a return
To paradise
Could cleanse
Or make whole
I am the palsied king
Of the foolishly damned
The enchanted damsel
Upon the endless night road
Stray dogs
Bark
Behind me
While famished wolves
Wait up front
The lies
Hit me
Like cold bullets
That cannot kill
Only force sobbing surrender
I struggle
For a bit
I remember
My dream of you
Beauty makes it
A bit easier
To accept death
Beauty
I served thee
Not well
Who never
Served enough
