Regret

I regret the day
When fire filled my mind
When the flame cast its light
Into my eyes for the first time
I was so young, enraptured by its beauty
Such exquisite grace
And its devilish touch
Would cause my heart to race

Whispering so sweet to me
When no one else would speak to me
All the power in the world
At the end of its consuming caress
The power to make them pay
The ones who would not care for me

I regret the day
I lit the fuel
That burned our world away
The smell of her wilting hair and flesh
Still lingers in my mind
Never to be forgotten

As a child I danced in this room
In circles by dim candle light
I could escape it all for a while
But only until that door would open
And darkness did come swiftly then
And came down so brutally
The same room which now burns before me

So much light in this place today
But she dances for me now
She dances in the flames
And sings so fiercely
Writhing on the floor
I give to her the escape
That I longed for

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An escape from my own torment
The hell of life to me
A hellish death to her
There were good times
There was love
But it was just a dream

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Sitting in my corner
I long for that caress...

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An escape from my own torment
The hell of life to me
A hellish death to her
There were good times
There was love
But it was just a dream

I regret the day
I stood over her
She was drunk again
I took that cigarette
Hanging loose from her lips
That smoldering stench
How it burned my eyes
Blown coldly in my face

She was already dead
Dead inside, and so was I
I poured on the gasoline
She only moved a little
Until that cigarette fell
Oh then she danced!
Now my hands are smeared
With the greasy ash
Of the one who gave me life
This life I hate
This life for which I did not ask

I regret the day
I was born into this world