SHE , RADIANT EVEN IN DARKNESS , and o ‘ how the stark walls threaten to suffocate ( what are you , if not wild & free ? a caged bird with wings beating against the gilded bars , a savage thing begging to go home ) a storm / a hurricane / the force of the ocean trapped inside a box & left ---- an effigy to be forgotten as time mulls over itself . she is quiet , like the moon , a silvery glow that passes over everyone silently / a divine thing , a holy blessing gone unnoticed ( the light in her mouth is a reckoning , the stars that burn her skin light the dismal halls around her ) but revolution demands pain , and blood , and sacrifice ---- and in the name of her father she will put a blade between her teeth & name herself death if that is what it takes ( you are so beautiful , and yet so untamed . even koschei would be proud / even the baba yaga would be proud )
a mean light reflects in her eyes , stardust scattering as her head turns / halo of blinding white around her face ---- all sugar , curiosity , and rain ❝ i have to admit , i don’t really know what i’m doing here . ❞ lips press together tightly , letting the fabric fall idly from her delicate hands ( i have never known hunger , or war . i have not suffered the way you have ) ❝ my job ended as soon as they were out of the arena ---- what use does a revolution have for a makeup artist ? ❞