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1. |
Lamplight
03:03
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Night can’t
Conceal the crime
These men
Won’t steal my pride
Tired
Bull shit
apologies
It’s all the same
I’m sorry
If I
hurt
your feelings
But I’m
Just trying
To be
More than
Another
statistic
Your feelings
mean less to me
than the sanctity
of my life
my life
is divine
above your cloistered heart
My life is mine
And it’s not yours to take
Your
feelings
mean
less to me
than
the
sanctity
of my life
my life
is mine
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2. |
Rite of Scrying
02:16
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There's this feeling
I get when I see
my eyes on a face
That isn't mine
Hazel eyes
Looking back
20 years past
She's right there
But those eyes say
"Is this really it?"
They did the best
With what they thought
But I wish they knew
(What I know today)
So she wouldn't have
To care
for herself
Tear-stained sheets
Princess dreams
By herself
“you’ve come so far!”
But that doesn’t mean
I don’t wish I could
Go back
Give her
The safe place
she deserved
All along
It’s not that I resent
I just wonder
What it would be
If things
Had been different
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3. |
Illona's Cocoon
02:20
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Slipping in
These
Hollow annals of marble
that hide
beneath
my head
a vessel
My childhood
reprieve
Floral sheets
That gatekeep
Separate worlds
Does only one matter
Maintained independent
Of each other
Crawl to the window
Gaze at the moon
Sail to true north
swirl clouds recede
Crawl to the moon
Gaze at the star
Dress like you float
Reach out and cry
This is the
only place
Where I can be
My cocoon
Clad in thousand
year old stone
observatory towers
That rise
And protect
You always
Held me dear
I’m honored for that
My soft
Velvet Heart
Inhale your
silken embrace
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4. |
Blossom
02:04
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I came to you as a friend
But you just saw me as a mirror
for your own insecurities
I am not a projection
Your incindiary words
Meant for your own reflection
I will blossom
Without you here
You saw my need
As a threat
But I'm still here
I will Blossom
The tension
In those rooms
Taught me how
To scream
Like the girl
I always was
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