softenoughtokillme

You pull me close beneath the kitchen light Brown eyes glowing dull like dying flames Your burnt wings drag across the floorboards Still I whisper out your name You kiss me sweet as holy water Mixed with blood against my teeth Then leave your fingerprints like bruises On the softest parts of me You love me like a lullaby Low enough to make me drown You’re soft enough to kill me Broken halo hanging crooked Moonlight caught inside your throat Like heaven’s finally gone rotten You taste like warm milk and cigarettes Like honey hiding something bleak Every time you hold me gently You’re soft enough to kill me You lay your head against my heartbeat Like you’re listening for collapse Whisper pretty things against my mouth While your nails run down my back Your halo flickers over dirty sink water Gold light drowning in the drain You touch me like you’re scared to lose me While ruining me all the same I sleep better in your arms even when I cry Maybe sadness sounds prettier in your voice You’re soft enough to kill me Brown eyed angel in my bed Your burnt wings shadow all the walls Like smoke curling overhead You hold my face like something sacred While pulling stitches from my seams Every kiss feels warm and holy Then leaves decay inside of me I let you crawl inside my veins Sweet as honey, sharp as glass I let your softness make a home here Now I don’t know how to leave Maybe love was always poison Dressed up in pretty silver wings Maybe heaven only wants me When I’m down on my knees begging You’re soft enough to kill me All slow hands and whispered prayers Broken halo barely glowing Like God forgot you standing there And I would still crawl back beside you Even bleeding at your feet Because I’ve never been loved softer And I’ve never hurt this deep