` star-filled corpse

[cherubim]

compose those notes & perfect that curse,
trill those lyrics & adorn that hearse.

ready those blackbirds & dust down that tomb,
layer down the silk & soon it will be home.

[cherubim]

tears that carve trails down my cheeks;
knives they are, feeding on fear so sweet.
go away! leave me be!
i have no use for jealousy and deceit.

[cherubim]

kiss me, ravish me-
drink in my scent & devour me.
snap my neck, suck out my soul,
bring me euphoria in its purest form.
consume my words, steal my voice-
leave nothing for anyone to behold

[cherubim]

wicked little vixen
teeth stained red
bearing your fangs
havoc within your head

[cherubim]

scrub my skin til it bleeds raw red
unclean unclean unclean unclean
tear at my wounds with plaque-covered teeth
unclean unclean unclean unclean
pick apart my brain with germ infested hands
unclean unclean unclean unclean
can such a dirty soul still become an angel?
unclean unclean unclean unclean

[cherubim]

delicately
sipping nectar
from the flowers
that plague my lungs
clogging my airways, fluttering
wings that are frail and iridescent
slowly draining my own frail, pale body.
of all the ways to slowly slip into
the purgatory state of life and
death, perhaps this is the
most gentle, beautiful
way to silently go,
withering away
into ashes
sweetly

[cherubim]

shattered glass
pick up the pieces

one
xxby
one
suture them together
the pain will pass

[cherubim]

the roar of rain
drowns your thoughts
silences your words
destroys your taunts

[cherubim]

running fingertips over raised skin, you stare at the mess you've created; a physical representation of the misplaced and disjointed chemicals that plague your brain; a manifestation of the vapid thoughts that come and go; a reminder that you are human, that you are fragile, that you are real.

[cherubim]

waltz with your god now,
heaven's earth touches you.
benign angel feathers fall
as you dance within the ether.