Love and hate
Anger and sorrow
Have all melted together
The diamond shell which had enclosed me
Burst into a billion shards
Falling like stars
Melting with the dawning horror
That what surrounded me
Wasn't diamond or crystal
Or even cheap glass
It was ice
Melted under the glare of reality
Forever gone
Anger and hate churned inward
Mingling with love and sorrow
Boiling black as death
With a blood-red sheen
I want to feel you in my arms
Crush you
Feel you go still
Listen for you heart beat
And tear it from your chest
Pressing it to mine
Being warmed by your blood
Feel your final heart beat
So calm
I want to kiss your dead lips
Held to mine with a seal of blood
I want to look into your dull eyes
And imagine life there
Love there
Then close them
Feeling the heat from your body warm mine
I'm always so cold
Now we're even
I will the heat back into your bones
Kiss the heart and bless it
Kiss your blue eyelids
And breathe life between your lips
Lay you down and do it again
The love of Kali Ma
The wrath of the Goddess
A moment of forever
- Holly Schafer
