Amber

Amber curls through the night
Hungry bodies, warm light
Our shadows dance on the walls
You fear the questions I call

Crooked coil, burnt to black
The scab that always comes back
And as my want turns to need
I see your shadow recede

And just like all flames burn away
You never really planned to stay
The unknown man that you betrayed
Recurring scenes you can't replay

You don't see
What you freed
The debris
Now feeds me

You don't see

The lack of answers
Turns trust to anger
It feeds the cancer
That kills the amber

Acretongue