the goth girls

the goth girls sang me lullabies
as i drifted off to sleep

they came to me from the shadows
and scraped their sharpened nails
black and crimson knives
across my skin

but i had no fear
there was no fear to be had
only the release of succumbing
to the me i’ve always been

the goth girls sang me lullabies
as i drifted off to sleep

their voices steeped in treacle
and the chill of humus
with a hint of cherry lip gloss

the song of angels dancing in harmony
the song of demons dangling in effigy
the song of tears and patience and
another night of longing

the goth girls sang me lullabies
as i drifted off to sleep

i let their honeyed voices
swirl around me
embracing my enchantment

until i could no longer feel the edges
between them and me
between life and death
between dream and reality

the goth girls sang me lullabies
as i drifted off to sleep

my body covered with pinpricks
from their talons and their fangs
and the memories of who i’d been

before

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