Elena's Dream
Sweetness accuses you
Hard evidence in your own handwriting
Pale dream of reflected dancing selves
Vicious parody of joy
Open the corridor to the grand ballroom
Pricked finger on gold-faceted bloodredjewel
Darkness sucks it clean
Seduction plays rough
The way you like it
Tenderness draws you sharply back
November pulls out your soul
Torn in every direction by forces you didn't understand
Ugliness surrounds you
Rainbow lights shifting like liquid
Metallic black eyes drinking you up
Your head falls back and you jerk awake-
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