At the center of my heart
A stone, breaking
She follows me in Dark
A love, hating
At the brothel in the dark corner of the Merchant Street, amongst the hazy smoke of incense and cigars, she found a Song Bird who half-stole her heart. She only met him the once, though it were for a moment only. A brief brush of eyes on eyes, a quick smile and gentle warmth radiating from a shared breath is all they had, but it was enough.
Yet she returns to me
I hear her whisper, Be
Love forever, fallen in the end
After the breaking.
She'd ducked into the room during a desperate chase, her heart beating as she wound her way through the many people crowded there, careful not to draw attention for fear of witnesses and reprisal. One moment, one glance was all it took to fall in love, her breathing harsh and painful as she tried to make her way to the back room and freedom. Guards poured in the front doors, wicked eyes searching for her and her ill-gotten loot, but a loud commotion saved her and before long she was already climbing though the window, into the rain and the cemented courtyard behind the building.
I call into the night
Come Bird
Hidden from your sight
Wonder, love
She could still hear the softly sung lines of his song years after their meeting, remember his exact pitch and the gentle timbre of his voice.
Come home
I never knew you
And Stay
You never knew too
She never returned after that one time, in fear of bringing death and pain into the life of the poor Birds there, so she never knew that it had been his last day of life; that he'd thrown himself at one of the guards to protect her from their wild search, buying her precious time to get away.
This empty heart you hold
Just like mine, yet cold
Come, my Bird, let us fly
Or would you rather say goodbye?
Nor did she know that with that look she'd stolen his heart and only the memory of her pale eyes and fast, one-second smile let him drift into death without sorrow.
Into the field of forever
Let us be together
Yet it be just a dream
You are not, nor we
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