Fade to Black

Empty words led to empty lives,
sacred moments turned to dust;
greedy hearts and smirking lips,
blackened souls and shattered trust.
A legacy, you left for me,
you stripped me bare then set me free,
the bruises there for all to see
the worthlessness inside of me.

You called me back, a siren voice,
a lure that I could not resist,
and in the dark, with silken lies,
sewed shut my mouth and bound my wrists,
then took the blade and drove it in,
between my ribs, again and again,
such smoking heat, a feral grin,
sweet as honey, close as sin.

You finished fast, then fell asleep,
satiated, quiet at last,
I crept away to weep in shame,
resume my life, bury the past.
Still tainted by your touch, your kiss,
I let you turn me into this,
I long for you, and even miss
your special brand of painful bliss.

It never ends, an aching hole
where once your eyes burned into mine;
in ashes now, this life, this love,
it stands for you, a rubble-shrine.
And still I wait, and still I ask,
for you to come and take me back--
pins and needles, broken glass,
fading, fading, fade to black.