Oh, Orpheus @statictxt

This body is built on the ruins of all the people I have ever been

But you'll fight and you'll make it through You'll fake it if you have to And you'll show up for work with a smile

I am this great unstable mass of blood and foam

I'm different from you I'm different from you I still want to do something

There are times where I still wonder about you You are someone I have loved but never known And you'll never see the reasons I had For keeping my claws away when they were close enough to hurt you

Please leave the violence to me. A leader must be seen as pure. Above the fray. Allow me to paint the path that lies before you red with the blood of your enemies. I will do it gladly.

And this is the first crack in Audre’s wall of... daffodils and diamonds I’ve seen so far. Because they do care. They care with so much power, I can almost feel it pushing me across the room. And then that wall is back up again. And the sun is back. And the waters are calm again.

They say that it gets better, but I guess that was a lie I guess we all just fake it 'til we die

I used to be better I used to be better I used to be better

'We are born colourless' he said, tying it around my collar, 'It is the people we meet who give us colour'

Oohhh, you can’t erase me Oohhh, you can't unmake me

Now, do you hate me? Are you afraid of me? Are you able to feel culpability?

Often I would end with swollen red marks where it had become inflamed with irritation or infection. Did I hear the song then?

Look into his eyes for some compromise Remember the word forget And try to bury something so intense

For years now it’s felt like you were the beast lurking inside me. Like the part of me with the short fuse and the bruised knuckles had a name and that name was Sarah Steel.

I have to do away with that evil witch!

May we all be human – beautiful, stupid, temporal, endless.

And I bet all your friends say 'I'm glad that she's gone' Like you're the only excuse I had friends to lean on But, was it just in my head I was loved all along Or, did you love me then And did they love me then

Of course... I still wonder about every stranger who gives me a knowing look. About every cat who watched me too closely. I can only hope I reached her in some small way. I can only hope that if she does come back, she'll know me for who I am. A friend.

Thine is the kingdom of wires and bone Your wardenless prison Your forever home