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MADELINE

She’s the whisper in my dreams

Cradled comfort ‘neath her wings

And in my darkest hour we’ll set the world on fire.

All the things I long to be

She sees nothing more than me.

Oh, won’t you stay awhile.

Let’s memorize our smiles.

She rides the wind that blows my mind

Entwined across the velvet sky

Escape from reason, lost in rhymes I’ll hide behind.

And I’ll be damned if heaven’s crashing down on me,

My darling Madeline.

Chasing rainbows all my life,

Goals in pots of gold that I may never come to find,

Left far beyond my time.

Though some wishes won’t come true, I can’t give mine up for you.

And while she wonders why, her one will pass her by.

This chain of choices that I’ve made,

In solitude I’ll seal my fate.

I’ve signed my soul away to take my judgment holiday

They say that heaven sings no hymns for me,

So sorry, Madeline.

When no longer she could wait

Golden braids began to fray

Angels took her breath away.

Poison cuts in butterflies

Placing pennies on her eyes

By the sea her lily lies.

What for her light I wouldn’t trade

This purgatory-price she paid

To sail down crimson lakes on bracelets made from razor blades.

Through holes in heaven calling down to me.

Final answer when I lay me down to sleep,

Beside my Madeline.