This is how temptation works—

Something makes me lose all hope.

I scratch and claw just to survive,

The lies soak in,

Drown,

Recede—

Black

This is how temptation works—

Someone makes you doubt yourself.

Your heart tears open with every breath,

Blood soaks out,

Gush,

Trickle—

Red

This is how temptation works—

My dark late November screams at the void.

I smell your soul, such light and heat—

I want it.

Dance Inhale Slice.

This is how temptation works—

Wipe your blood off, down the drain—

So easy, when the weakness shows.

Old loves stain your heart,

Old lies stain mine.