Atonement

The dagger slicing through my heart tonight
Deserves to leave a deeper mark
One that will carve out all the darkness within
And leave an empty hollow quite stark.

The rot has spread to all my veins
Blood pouring fitfully through them with much disdain
Yet deserving to see the light of day
Than be enclosed within vessels that feel no pain.

The gleam of the blade oh so enticing
The ruddy shade always what attracted me best
For it brings with it an awakening
Letting you bleed out all the rest.

All my flaws descend tonight
Their marks forever etched
For one that forgets deserves to be forgotten
Lost amidst all that is wretched.

I have no music left in my soul
Which is scented with the decay
That adorns an artist who's lost her art
And now has a price to pay.

The night is shrouded in noisy silence
As the shadows disembark
And the hint of a bloody moon
Wanes quietly in the dark.