Veins of Fire

That's the price you pay 

Leave behind your heartache c a s t  a w  a  y

Just another product of today 

Rather be the hunter than the prey

She exudes sun

But the sun always sets 

Darkness consumes land 

It licks every source of light

Away 

And she emerges from the darkness 

Her eyes black 

Her soul 

Flaming 

Her voice echoes her father

Icarus 

Thunder claps

And in a poisonous thought 

She whispers her way

To the starting line 

Sitting in his garage

He is tormented 

Self Centered 

Unkind 

Money Hungry

Toxic 

Touching his face

She looks into his eyes 

Blue as her favorite sky

A sky that is cloudless 

She kisses him 

The bottles line his home

With the devil in their shoes 

They dance 

And in his bed

She moans 

Why stay? 

They ask 

Why not? 

She says smiling 

Cunningly 

This game

Is a dangerous game 

And lessons must be learned 

We must find the finish line  

And live our life

Of thrill 

Her veins of fire 

Warm him 

Her fingertips 

Teach him 

And before he knows it

The girl in his clutches 

The girl thought of sunlight

And goodness

Will both save him 

And

Ruin him

It is every woman

For herself  

Author's Note