Once upon a midnight dream,
I kissed that bitter-sweet smile...

Candy cane kisses slip on the breeze
as the bells sing to their own tune...

Little golden smiles,
sunrise in your eyes...

Squinting my tired eyes shut,
covering my ears, 'cause they bleed...

Today is just a day,
aren't they all...

Too-hot sidewalk,
crumbling down...

A different scarlet artist
collapses into herself...

Someday I'll be the gasoline
running through your cars...

Slit your wrists,
cut my tongue...

Welcome to the world
of butterfly wings...

Play an invisible piano,
sitting on this purple couch...

Promises are burning
in the empty, hollow street...