Glass Veins

Under the lamplight

A boy’s shadow bends

Fractured in silver

The truth never ends

Glass veins, glass veins

Filled with winter rain

Every smile I wear

Cuts my face again

Statues of saints

With hollowed eyes stare

The air thick as mercury

Pressed against my hair

Glass veins, glass veins

Flooded with winter rain

Every mask I wear

Knows my face by name

The mask clings tight

As my blood grows still

Beauty tastes like rust

But I drink my fill

Glass veins, glass veins

Filled with winter rain

Every smile I wear

Cuts my face again

Glass veins…