DIAMONDS

By Shona Blake,

 

You have diamonds in your mouth

And we bleed every time you speak

Hearts beat too fast, consumed with stitching wounds

Biting down on an itch we cannot scratch

Tears stinging open wounds

salt and blood

And you speak of money?

And so you should, and so you should

 

You are consumed, doomed

What will history say?

But still you cut away

Diamonds slicing piece by glorious piece

And we the damned fall away

Are you happy now?

With your love? your money?

With time you could

And so you should and so you should

 

Are you still in your dreams?

Is there peace in that place?

Is there love?

Can you be true, can you?

When the one in the mirror looks back at you

and we the ravaged fall behind

And so we should, and so we should

 

You have diamonds in your mouth

And every time you speak

We bleed.


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