&& You must have words in that head of yours

i don't want ( apologies ) i want you on your knees,  c h o k i n g  on your own blood i want my name on your lips, begging:

& you stopped being scared of the boogeyman that monster in your closet, the witches beneath the moon when you  s t u m b l e d  upon something far more frightening --

you did not sign up for this that signature smiling back at you someone's forgery & you can protest all you'd like ----

the ( heart ) was a h e a v y burden;

you never realized what a burden it was to ( shine ) until you became the only candle still lit & the moths came ---- swarms, warmth-bound