To the Picture of a Foggy Forest Above My Bed
Lauren Hemphill
To the Picture of a Foggy Forest Above My Bed
I wish to get lost in you forever,
To lie beneath your branches and stare into the sky
Until the darkness inside of me, it never wants to die.
I wish to get lost in you forever,
To find the hatred and the violence that tethers the beast
That waits to devour me, to tear into its feast.
I wish to get lost in you forever,
To set the demon free,
The beast with eyes of shattered glass, with skin the color of captivity.
Its talons pierce with the strength of plotting slaves,
And its voice screams with the song of those with long sleeves.
It reeks of a terrified wife, of a frozen child, of a bruised cheek.
I wish to get lost in you forever,
And find strength within your forgotten truths.