tessizzle

He is blind to temptation, now. In cutting off his power, I lost mine. Through wealth was passed to me, I cannot bear to touch it. Treacherous seductress, with fame for my destruction and distrust, no one dare come near me or my greedy touch. With shaky hands and nervous tension I came to see him. Sitting on the rooftop, I am not blind to his torture. I can hear the laughter of the Sea Peoples around me. Fury and guilt swell in my heart. I feel his pain and my betrayal. I pray that I could die with all who surround me. The roof begins to crumble. I’m overwhelmed by obscurity and numbness. Cold stone and warm bodies

You gave me a dream catcher And said you’d be my Indian Brave. You won a game of one-on one And said I was your white buffalo. You put a band-aid on my knee after I fell And told me you’d be my Medicine Man. You laughed at me when I jumped during that big storm, And said, “Relax, it’s only a Thunderbird.” You apologized after our first fight And offered me a Peace Pipe instead of an Olive Branch. You called me beautiful with eyes of turquoise And hair of maize. You built me a tipi out of my sheets And asked me if I’d like to live there with you. You carved me a flute out of buffalo bone And playe