Sapphire to Saffron

I learned obedience before I learned truth.

I called it survival — it rotted my youth.

I bowed without chains, I saluted the lie.

I mistook compliance for staying alive.

I signed every silence they put in my hands.

Called it “being smart,” called it “having a plan”.

Now my spine aches from all the bending I did.

I wasn’t born guilty — I was taught how to live!

You’re the sapphire in power, untouched and exact.

I’m saffron in ruin, spilled under your impact.

Blue never bleeds when the orders come down.

Blood runs fast when it’s crushed by the crown.

Sapphires stay pure in the story you sell.

Saffron confesses and rots in your hell.

I called it structure, I called it the law.

But i felt like a puppet, your hand to my jaw.

Every rule carved deeper in to my skin.

Till I couldn’t tell where it stopped and I begin.

I repeated slogans, I swallowed the script.

Watched my reflection turn arrogant and sick.

I punished myself before they even tried.

Learned how to kneel before I learned why!

You’re the sapphire in power, untouched and exact.

I’m saffron in ruin, spilled under your impact.

Blue never bleeds when the orders come down.

Blood runs fast when it’s crushed by the crown.

Sapphires stay pure in the story you sell.

Saffron confesses and rots in your hell.

They didn’t have to break me;

I did it myself.

I sharpened the knife,

And then labeled it “help”.

I loved the illusion of being “safe”;

Even when safety demands my face.

Now I shake when I hear my own name.

It sounds like a charge, my character defamed!

You’re the sapphire in power, untouched and exact.

I’m saffron in ruin, spilled under your impact.

Blue never bleeds when the orders come down.

Blood runs fast when it’s crushed by the crown.

Sapphires stay pure in the story you sell.

Saffron confesses and rots in your hell.

I wasn’t forced, I was trained to remain.

I wasn’t silenced, I self-censored the pain.

I wasn’t executed, I was allowed to disappear.

Infused in a product, you drink out of fear!

Tell me about heart, compassion, and good;

But make it exclusive so no one else could.

Teach me to obey, then ask that I forget;

The very human condition and what it all meant!

You’re the sapphire in power, cold and untouchable.

I’m saffron in blood, bright but disposable.

You call it order — I call it control.

You keep the throne, and bury my soul.

Sapphires don’t cry when the gears start to grind

Saffron dissolves in the back of the line

I tried to survive,

By becoming the rule.

Now I don’t know

If I’m the victim or the tool.

So keep your blue stone;

Cold, flawless, secure.

I’ll burn in the open;

Martyred the cure.

You’re the sapphire in marble, preserved and divine

I’m saffron on fire, seasoning the crime

You call it peace — I call it decay

One of us a predator, and one of us the prey

Sapphires stay clean while the sentence is signed

Saffron burns once — lost to history and time!