Music: Laura Marling - Devil's Spoke


Old Dragon

Numbed, I laugh in sarcastic and bitter tones
only because I cannot face it yet

Only after I have collapsed on my bed
surrendered to my tired eyes

my bitter laughter fading like smoke
as I shower it from my body
and my tears reveal themselves
to leave me cleansed
and my words ready

Only after I have collapsed in bed
lived in the horror and beauty of my mind for a few minutes too long

do I yell a battlecry inside myself
and grab my dragon by her horns
and pull her from her carnage
spinning her to the ground

so I may yet ride her
and temper her flame




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Written on 2012-04-23 at 20:58

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