Masked Depravity

You played my heart like a violin

     ’I love you’s floating in rivers of fire

     sliding gilded words on slick tongue

     straight and tall in gimmicks and lies

     pretending to be what you’re not.

You played my heart like a violin

     in twisted looks of empty promises

     serpent’s tongue flicking in and out

     offering platter of charmed hypocrisy

     hanging my love on line to dry

You played my heart like a violin

     as I wrote your name on my wall

     only a whisper of my song, lingering

     echoing in your hostile wind

     your inner tiger prowling, destroying

You played my heart like a violin

     leaving me with sensation of falling

     down to depths of your dark pit

     please pack up your eclipse

    leaving extra space in my head.