The Power of Hands  by QueenAmazon

Got shot through the heart with an arrow at an early age

The tip was poisoned and it spread through my blood to my body

To my soul where it turned to shit all that was left inside

I was a demon I was dead I was walking through a shadowy marsh

There was nothing I was there I was gone I was empty

All that was left was a shell

I sat in the silence of the world of the world that was forming in my head

I didn't smile didn't laugh didn't talk didn't think didn't move

Just fought the screaming unseen shadows all around me

I grasped for a handle to the door that would let me out of the abyss

Thought I found one and I grabbed it but it turned out to be only a dove

It was kind it was soft it was only looking for a branch to land on

I held out my hand and it was grateful as it landed in my palm and I held it tight

I crushed it in my hand until it screamed until I heard its neck break

And I smiled and I shrugged and I didn't see the fault in my ways until the angel came

She was riding on the back of a phoenix with a blade of fire and the world on her belt

She told me I was wrong I was bad that being wicked just wasn't the way

I asked what was and she said love she said kindness she said that it wasn't too late

I started over in a world that was old but was suddenly new

The skin healed over but the arrow still lay in my chest in my heart in my soul

I learned about the world what was right what was wrong but I was not content

Then I met you and I learned about the self about love about life

And you held out your hand touched my chest and my heart and my soul

With your bare hand you pulled out the part of the arrow that was sticking out

I felt lighter I felt loved I felt better when you left a part of your hand inside

I had a friend I had a sister I had a playmate who was just like me

We shared our thoughts shared our feelings and I thought those things would never end

But you fell down and scraped your knee and I've felt it cuz your hand is in my chest

As you slide down the ramp to the darkness of the abyss you're still clutching onto my heart

And you tear me up open the hole and the poison rushes in once again

I found comfort with a bottle with a friend who doesn't know I exist

I became devoted fell in love more and more as you fell down the pit

When you hit the fire I was scared I was anxious I fell down there just to be with you

But the angel she came back she lent me her hand and said I had a choice

I could lie I could die I could suffer and be pulled down into the abyss

Or I could live I could love I could rise I could be everything I was meant to be

I looked down I shed a tear but finally I took her hand

She raided her blade and she cut your hand off at the wrist for it held onto my heart

You started to bleed you began to cry I cried too but I knew it was for the best

She touched my chest it healed up but there'll always be a part of you inside

Its true I loved you I still do but I don't want you dragging me back down

You've helped me live helped me love and for that I'll always remember you

But I don't wanna fall wanna die wanna follow you or end it just yet

I feel a purpose feel a need feel a yearning to seize the world from the belt of the angel

And I will I swear to you by our love by our friendship that has broken in half

Goodbye. I will miss you.


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