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Scarlet Dreamtime
She chants an incantation
making every syllable a sacred prayer
enchanting the woodland circle
where she finds quiet repose
Her Scarlet satin smooth
The robin tweets his Spring song
And Inspiration becomes her guide
as she remembers my sin.
Hear I the catch of her breath
as the shattering of her heart
calls to the depths of my soul
contemplating what I've done.
I know not what moves me
as her song draws me near
All I am falls away in that moment
Bitter, sweet and everlasting.
I inhale the sweet scent of all that is her
She was meant to be my gravity and my center.
I've cast away the serenity of her spell
as she lies down to sleep.
My shame encloses me in a vice grip
choking my psyche until the dreams come
Scarlet dreams of betrayal
wicked and red.
Heave and hell battle within
As my shame grows
Her pain and anger brand me
and nothing can vanquish it.
She calls out my name
Her voice broken with anger
marked by her hatred
as the sky falls.
The vision comes to me
Emotions chanted and magic cast
Feel how her hatred grows
as my betrayal crucifies her.
My Dearest Heart, I lied,
calling you a name that
I wanted you to think
the name was only yours
In truth, it was stolen
from a memory
of a cheating whore.
And with her,
I merrily go to hell.
And I see you there, healing
upon emerald verdancy
Scarlet dreams, I remember
and I weep.
I watch the sun set as I remember
Scarlet dreams painting the horizon
and my nightmares are laid bare
as my heart fails to beat.
In weighty twilight of memory
Across the realm of dreams,
I have come here to her drawn
by her memories of my lies.
Guilt beats my body until I am
bruised and defeated.
Blood pounds in my ears
as I relive my crime.
She loved me deeply and well
without hesitation or reservation
I spurned the sweetest gift
in turn for a whore.
If I loved you, I came undone
by the lies I told myself
in exchange for an illusion
that became my quagmire.
The eons have passed
that once great love is but
memory and ashes
long disintegrated into the universe
As you dream, I leave my
once Dearest Heart. No
you never were and I
repent before you in dreams.
I return now to my world
letting you know peace.
But I leave knowing your pai
in my own personal hell.
I stole your trust and love
and now I am without voice
You have stolen it
so I can't protest my imprisonment.
I will never be set free
because of the coward I was,
am and always will be.
I am the red velvet Judas.