The Lights Must Never Know

The Lights Must Never Know

I’ve been penning down my wishlists long before I heard the bell
Beneath my concrete mantle, a liquid flows and tells
of the chimes that resonate within my lonely, lonely cell
I’ve always wanted something, but this concrete never fell.

I’ve carried with me this avarice of which the lights must never know
I see no hope in giving up, much less to pressing on
The rulers of today's kingdom only enjoy a green paper show
Feeding their lust, in broken bones I satisfy my own.

I crave silver after brown and then the gold after the grey
I scream out loud for the moon’s awake, while the sun remains in reign
But the coldness of the precious stones, they reach my tongue today
The clearness of my ardent eyes, they slowly fade away.

My love for you has made right now my second last death
For even in flames and yellow, I can’t breathe my final breath
Compunction conserves its coldness, chanceless alas, I can't turn back
To the time I could have broken open to escape this ceaseless cleft.

~tc©