The applause erupts like something breaking open. What a beautiful lie it is, so perfectly sung right back to me.
Palms collide, wild and feverish โ rain striking a closed casket. It devours my silence before it can accuse me, and I am spared from feeling just for a moment. โ
Some feelings linger, they keep on burning despite life, despite fate, despite ourselves. They bloom in the most deserted places in our hearts, they bloom even when one leaves them in the dark. Some feelings become a part of who we are, theyโre in every breath we take, โ
you're a heap of flesh and guts and blood in a wax museum. the only real thing. sickeningly real. crimson and warm where the others are pale and cold. revoltingly red, nauseatingly alive. you're a child in a graveyard.
The applause erupts like something breaking open. What a beautiful lie it is, so perfectly sung right back to me.
Palms collide, wild and feverish โ rain striking a closed casket. It devours my silence before it can accuse me, and I am spared from feeling just for a moment. โ
always follows reminds me of what is missing.
On the table, I find a bottle of champagne and a card then, courtesy of Auriel. The paper carries a faint trace of perfume, almost mocking in its subtlety. โLet's hope we never meet again.โ And to that, I would definitely toast. โ