Ginger Snaps

Desire’s cage is built with pain

From bones of all we crave in vain 

A whispered wish to break the chain

Still I’m caught between loss and strain

My all-seeing eye will watch from far away 

A distant place where I might stay

Maybe he won't find me there

Hiding deep from the wolf's cold stare

Does he know I’m still around?

Does his shadow stalk this ground?

The woods hold secrets, dark and deep

Where even whispers dare not creep

I'd give anything just to feel clean

To scrub away what should never be seen

But no matter how hard I try to stand alone

The past creeps in like a cold undertone

Feathers, flowers, sticks and stones 

You can grab my skin, but never my bones

What’s buried deeper, you’ll never own

That part of me is mine alone