Success, Love And Fear

*Photo does not belong to me* She came to me in a dream Laced in bourbon and turpentine  Her eyes screamed While her smile was serenity.  A nightmare disguised in a miracle Whispering promises of delight Like a spider she crawled In for the kill. "Your heart will be mine to devour And your soul to cherish forever. Since you damned me, You shall not escape me." Her teeth dripped venom, So hypnotically toxic I stalked closer to her Through her sheer will. With the first pierce of her bite, I felt an exotic twist to my demise. For this was no longer a dream, But a fated reality. She commanded me to my knees. Reality struck like a slap to the face. Knowing there is no choice but to succumb. For she was the light and the dark. ....The dreaded queen of my heart. -Ashlae Grisham 2020

Photographer unknown.  She bled a thousand tears Broken down and torn She stood so strong  Just to keep you around.  Her misery coated her lips in red While her desperation coated her skin, Faint as the perfume you bought her again To pacify your aching guilt.   Just a beautiful girl  That made you the center of her world.  The needle slips in again As she rides high on the thoughts of a perfect reality.  But the truth is the sin you commit.  The killer of flowers,  You are her winter,  Smothering her in your selfishness And careless need. Nothing but a husk You leave to be someone else's storm With one last breath she opens her hand Leaving behind a lonely seed.  -Ashlae Grisham 04/1/2020