My, but how broken we have become
Hearts of taffeta, lace, and chiffon,
Perfumed by the sweetest of opium
Disintegrating, hollowing, we fall for Him.
Painting dreams in gold and rubies
Upon satin skin, freckled flesh.
Doubt not what the stars do tell
They spoke in ink as they fell
Upon the rolling ocean’s sands
Between wasted buds and colourless hands
Which reach up for some hushed respite
Forever sinking in the folds of night.