Deadly Nightshade

One second changes everything
And leaves one more bitter sting
I’ve given up on the outside world
With all the foolishness it hurled
Filling me with hatred and rage
Will only weaken my iron cage

I lost my mind and heart on Thursday
My body gave out the next Sunday
The soul disintegrated on Monday

What a solitary life I lead
I’m left to watch myself bleed
My fate was decided for me
But I let myself give in willingly
Time slits my thin-spun life
With the tip of his golden knife
Among the shadows I will fade
Condemned like deadly nightshade

Every action costs me someone else’s favor
All I’m left with are the black fruits of my labor
Their taste is an escape I can never savor

Like maidens haunted by a Belladonna’s magic
My existence has become extremely tragic
And the only thing I can do is let myself panic

I lost my body and soul on Thursday
My hope ran out the following Sunday
The poison took effect on Monday

What a solitary life I lead
I’m left to watch myself bleed
My fate was decided for me
But I let myself give in willingly
Time slits my thin-spun life
With the tip of his golden knife
Among the shadows I will fade
Condemned like deadly nightshade

Hot as hare, blind as bat, dry as bone, and left alone
Red as a beet, mad as a hatter, and replaced by a clone

I lost my temper and control on Thursday
My optimism withered away on Sunday
The final bridge burned down on Monday

What a solitary life I lead
I’m left to watch myself bleed
My fate was decided for me
But I let myself give in willingly
Time slits my thin-spun life
With the tip of his golden knife
Among the shadows I will fade
Condemned like deadly nightshade

One touch and the volcano erupts…