Sacrificial Lamb

Crushed beyond words

 Looking out the doorway as the ashes hit the floor

It seems no matter how many times you recklessly rip my heart from my chest, I still love you 

I still adore the inmost parts of you

I want to hate you, even forget you, But it is impossible

You defeat my will, you steal my strength

I have been thrown out again,

The person I have trusted most 

I will be the sacrificial lamb to keep your kin from suffering 

I will silently mourn and hold my head above death 

I will raise my shoulders upright in dignity and ignore the pain

I will bring strength and security to my loved ones

Knowing you will soon forget me

Riptide

In a dress 

...full of flesh

.... a life of stormy weather 

A love bound heart 

...the hand of art 

....a map of tattered leather  

Feet on flight 

...a journey of night 

....adrift on the fate of a feather 

A smile made of cloud 

...passion screaming loud 

....adventure revised in every letter 

Eyes alight with fire 

...tears upon empathy's door 

....inside lions paws tight together 

Enslaved in the riptide 

...possessed by the Oceanside 

....restless emotions tether

#redcoate #original poetry