Blood In The Pink Sky

You traced constellations on my ribs

Said

"You’ll live forever in my eyes"

But every promise has its teeth

Every halo hides a bite

Mom cries

"Baby

Choose your heart"

Dad says

"Blood before desire"

You held my shaking

Painted hands

Like a match above the fire

Blood in the pink sky

Love on the fault line

Good girl

Dark mind

Which side do I die on tonight?

Kiss me like goodbye

Hold me like a lifeline

I can lose my soul or body

But not both sides

You’re the quiet siren in my bed

Saint and sinner tangled in my sheets

First time tasted just like freedom

Second time

I couldn’t breathe

Family portraits watching from the wall

Frames too heavy for the truth

I’m half their little saving grace

Half something they’d call "bruised"

If I stay

I’m buried living

If I go

I burn and bloom

Heaven’s just a house with rules

Hell’s the thought of losing you

So I carve my future on my skin

Tiny scar that spells my name

I can’t save every version of me

One has to fade