Ashes

Part one: Twilight

There once was a girl, and her name was ashes.

Never introduced to such a being as love,

She found solace and wonder in the stars up above.

There once was a girl, and her name was ashes.

She lies alone, sleepless nights.

Cold sheets, cold sweat, no company.

World uninterrupted.

She didn't know what was to come,

No fear, no need, just innocence,

When He came.

His breath was smooth, a liquor-sweet,

Sandpaper touch, their eyes would meet,

Suggestive stare.

Weak knees saw strong arms do their work,

He lay her down on softest grass,

Inviting.

Hands of stone tear finest silk, her cries for help unheard,

A muffled moan through crushing palm, she sinks into the earth.

He cuts her deep, and deeper still, he won't let her scar,

Without a scream, her lifeless eyes look into the stars.

Kerosene candle, human form it takes,

There is no escape, there is no escape.

Part 2: Midnight

Guilty fingers trickle sand,

Shared thoughts like waves come rolling in,

Lapping at his heels, cleansing… forgiven.

But something sticks in the back of his mind,

He knows,

He knows,

He will never again be clean.

This doesn't wash away.

Run.

He'll run.

Run.

And he'll think to himself:

This hollow is me…

All I cannot see…

And I just can't believe…

Like shadows of grace, as grace falls from me.

Grace falls.

Grace falls.

Grace falls… from me.

Part 3: First Light

The sun is rising

So many, she's just one other

So why does she stick in his mind so?

And the sun is rising

Rising

There is nothing he can do

Solace in her Ashes

Desire, like fire, licks through his veins

Solace in her Ashes

No reasons, no remorse

Solace in her Ashes

She will be no more

Solace in her Ashes

He knows he'll do it again

The tide is coming back in

The warmth of his skin

As he drops to his knees

The warmth of her lips

Engraved on his memory

The warmth of a heartbeat

Now frozen in time

The warmth of forgiveness

Forever out of reach

The warmth of her life

He had stolen and taken

The warmth of his tears

He had stolen and taken

The warmth of his tears

Turns to anger at last.

He walks alone, sleepless nights

No fear no need, his confidence

His world, corrupted

He had to find another face

Another nameless face

Another victim in who's eyes, he can fall,

Fall from grace

Once was a girl

Once was a girl

Her name was

Ashes

Her essence desire

Her body aflame

Her essence desire,

Her body aflame,

Her destiny emblazoned

in the letters of her name...

Ashes

There once was a girl her name was

Ashes