Mapping Out the Thorns
  

Unresolved, you burn a hole in me
This pain is my absolution
This chaos is my way

Sun, moon, stars
Map the stars out in me
Your miniature universe
A ball of spinning light
Sprinkle me with stardust while I sleep

Seething, waiting for the chance
To smash these pretty illusions
Shine light on the truths drawn in blood
Follow the path of thorns until all points
Converge on the horizon

Run your hands over me
Feel how crazy I've become
Craving the extremes of life
It breaks my skin
I seek out these things
Again and again.....

I lick the boots and kiss the whip
Daring life to overtake me
Spinning into oblivion
Until relief comes in dreams

© 2006 Margaret Haugen