I am walking in glass slippers
Through pools of silver fire
Across the sun rising inside the earth
Dark trees tremble in this mirror world
Rain soaked grass shadows the light breaking morning
Silent, alone, I dream of laughter
The clawed queen holds my voice
Bound in a golden hair she ripped from my head
I dare not speak in case the universe dissolves
The crystal slippers glitter
The queen's gift, the mark of possession
Stumbling forward, a hidden stone shatters the glass
Dark blood roses tangle across the sun
Feeding the earth with flowers seeded from pain
A cry, my first, breaks the silence
I kneel in the rainwater, gathering the fragments
Expecting sharp nails to tear my skin
Poisoned air to close up my throat
Through pools of silver fire
Across the sun rising inside the earth
Dark trees tremble in this mirror world
Rain soaked grass shadows the light breaking morning
Silent, alone, I dream of laughter
The clawed queen holds my voice
Bound in a golden hair she ripped from my head
I dare not speak in case the universe dissolves
The crystal slippers glitter
The queen's gift, the mark of possession
Stumbling forward, a hidden stone shatters the glass
Dark blood roses tangle across the sun
Feeding the earth with flowers seeded from pain
A cry, my first, breaks the silence
I kneel in the rainwater, gathering the fragments
Expecting sharp nails to tear my skin
Poisoned air to close up my throat
Instead, sweet lilacs fall from my mouth
In the distance a scream and the snapping of talons
I am singing and walking with blood soaked feet
My words are stars carried on the morning
Sugared petals glowing in the sun
Mary Josefina Cade
In the distance a scream and the snapping of talons
I am singing and walking with blood soaked feet
My words are stars carried on the morning
Sugared petals glowing in the sun
Mary Josefina Cade
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