And she spent her night by a bottle

Cowered away in the shadowed corners of her mind

It was safer than facing the darkness around

So bright it brought with it a light

Whiter than the heavens

And glorified in its core was a beating silhouette

Moving against the still surround

And inanimate against the rush

Of perfectly formed angels

Falling from its breast

Claws of ebony and teethes of red

Grazing and cursing against sheets of satin

And shredding into the air

A parade of dancing specimens

Flittering as if to struggle

Away from such an embrace

Of hollowed apathy and lust

Like the look in his eyes when he’d lean in to kiss her

Every time he told her he wanted and needed her

And though their eyes were bloodshot they carried on

And although their lips were sewn shut

They moved forwards with no emotion

Lashing against her hands as she held them out to reach

For something further than this

Heart

Not beating in her chest

And encasing her being with an obsolete epiphany

That in her mind was where he lived

So she never felt his kiss

And she never touched his hand

When his arms were meant to catch her she fell through

Into the ocean

The song they used to sing

And all around the darkness coiled

And the angels sank to the bottom

Laying their wings a sacrifice to weigh down their bed of nails

Like the whispers he said her as she slept

And his promises of a better tomorrow

Now against all will she lay to rest

And ornament disguised

While he faded from her memory

And everything was white