Pray for Your Life

Heated wax slowly drips onto your scarlet letter
seal it with a kiss and the fire of the moment
before the chill wind sucks all the warmth from your skin
create an emotion that hasn't been discovered yet
let the screams shred your lungs cough up a wine colored flood
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Toss the dice play your cards take a chance on the gamble
sly eyes and devious looks cut the tension with a knife
lock the doors when you slip up more than once imprisoned joy
become the one that dies at the end of every movie
refuse to let life give you the four leafed clover play it like a fool
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Pull the precious air into your collapsing lungs stay afloat
feel the deadly ocean dragging you under to Atlantis
forever become one with the fish and seaweed mermaid unspoken
pray for someone to recognize you are slipping away
some say they have seen the dead wandering the watery grave