Expectations

Aren’t you tired? Aren’t you lost?

Took a wrong turn

Ending up burned and

Once I forgot

How much it hurt

I let loose and

Ember… set fire to my hopes

In you

Let the rage take shape and

Fly me away, to my rightful place

Now bow before me, beg for your life

A small sacrifice

Expectations

Are dangerous gods

Picture perfect, wrapped in warning

Watch the edges fold

As the flame turns cold

You can’t take the heat

With my self-reliance

I dominate

Ember… my chemical attraction

Is freed

Let the rage take shape and

Fly me away, to my rightful place

Even if you beg for your life

Such a small sacrifice

Could never satisfy

Expectations

Are dangerous gods

Lies, red handed, permanent, branded

Just because you may think I am nice for a day

When I see you with her

That all changed

I am so much crueler than you’ve come to believe. Wait and see. Expectations wield a power that is so unlike me.

Let the rage take shape and

Fly me away, to my rightful place

As I sit on my throne

made from traitorous bones

You fade into the hole

You left behind

Expectations die

Within your lies

But as I pray they come back to life

Expectations

Are dangerous gods