Sickly sweet words drip from your lips
Honey hair framing your face
Uncontrollable urges, tantalising temptation
To bite into truth
Under a midnight black, lonely, I watch
Pearlescent droplets of syrup dot the sky
And impatiently, I wait
Nobody knows me the way you do
Delicious comfort in your arms
Found in your embrace
Under that midnight, syrup-spattered sky
Careless fancy in a permanent dream
Kisses of caramel shiver through me
My hands shake in withdrawal
Exquisite tremblings, of wanting, of needing.
Through snowy streets Matilda sped,
Her breathing heavy, her knuckles red,
She knew, she knew that he was dead
And so she kept on running.
Her tears fell fast from desperate eyes,
Her mind replayed his helpless cries,
She knew, she knew of his demise
And so she kept on running.
Her frozen fingers gripped her gun,
She'd left him with the other one,
She knew, she knew what she had done
And so she kept on running.
He lay in darkness, static, prone,
His body aching to the bone,
He knew, he knew he was alone
And so he gave up fighting.
The city breathed a weighted sigh,
Matilda whispered her goodbye,
He knew, he knew that he would die
And so h