So here you are again
Soothing my wounds with lemons
Cleansing my cutting board with vinegar
Salting my skin with your words
Humoring me with bleach
Instilling in me
Hurt I deserve
Making me pure
Purely hating myself
Notoriously known to be
Unknown by all
Going to sleep now
Then the music halts
Ceases forever
Never to be heard again
The song I used to sing
Over with
For good
The tune which sat in my heart
And echoed throughout my head
Gone
The chorus that once kissed my lips
Like the morning dew
Deceased
The melody which used to fly on my breath
Forgotten
Rebecca Bay
November 22, 1999