𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬

faerie queen

━ ❦ ━

liquid gold dripping off fingertips,
emerald eyes full of shattered glass,
ruby drops of crystalline blood

i tremble with the faeries harmonious violins
and the opera of their saccharine voices
singing and whispering in my ear;

[ don't eat the food, don't drink the wine,
or nothing again will e v e r be so divine ]

bleeding green veins on wilted trees,
screams of tortured, wingless birds,
the delicious, caramel honeycombs a seductive, jaded lie

[ touch the forbidden fruit, they whisper, and you will surely d i e ]

o h, n o, b u t!

[ too late, i scream, is it too late to save my life? ]

for i have kissed the wings of the faerie king
and captured the stars of the night

[ too late, they grin, you stupid girl,
you are ours
f o r e v e r m o r e ]

the violins screech into pounding drums,
the singing and whispering rises to gory jeers,
the forest fills with hysterical laughter and
lustful, savage roars

[ please, i cry, m e r c y ]

but my fingers fill with clay,
my skin melts to pale viridescent,
my legs turn to thick, splintering oak,
and my eyes swirl to pearly white

[ you tasted magic, they sneered,
and you must pay the p r i c e ]

i claw my throat as sweet air leaves
and my bones break and crunch into ivy limbs
my crimson heartbeat flutters and slows,
and my scream chokes and dies,
and suddenly, t h e n -

[ pay the price, they sang,
pay the price with your
l i f e ]