#497 On Ascending

I scratched my hands today
To see if I still bleed
Tried to wash it all away
This deeply-seated need

To love and so be loved
But you cannot reveal
The pain of all these years
You can never heal

What have I become
Your broken child
All I have to taste is
Your dark, tainted bile

And you could never have
My empire of love
I will leave you here, as
I ascend above. 

(with apologies to Trent Reznor and Johnny Cash)