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Ashes Beneath My Tongue
Written by: Lyrikai Winterhart 
Date: Thursday, October 30th, 2025
Addressed to: Everyone
The night is a wound that whispers you,
a bleeding seam between breath and flame.
Even the sea recoils from the truth,
that I still moan your unholy name.
Your shadow crawls beneath my skin,
a fever carved by want and woe.
The ghosts you left still draw me in,
their hands like yours-too cold, too slow.
I've prayed to gods that never cared,
I've kissed their altars, split and raw.
But none could match the way you stared-
that look that turned my faith to flaw.
The Hellbound Mistress drifts through smoke,
her sails stitched tight with guilt and lust.
Each mast, a promise I once broke,
each wave, a hymn to ruined trust.
If I burn, then let it be
in the furnace of your eyes-
where angels choke on blasphemy,
and truth and torment intertwine.
I am your Queen, still bound, undone,
with ashes breathing on my tongue.
Penned by my hand on the 11th of Sarapin, in the year 989 AF.
Ashes Beneath My Tongue
Written by: Lyrikai Winterhart 
Date: Thursday, October 30th, 2025
Addressed to: Everyone
The night is a wound that whispers you,
a bleeding seam between breath and flame.
Even the sea recoils from the truth,
that I still moan your unholy name.
Your shadow crawls beneath my skin,
a fever carved by want and woe.
The ghosts you left still draw me in,
their hands like yours-too cold, too slow.
I've prayed to gods that never cared,
I've kissed their altars, split and raw.
But none could match the way you stared-
that look that turned my faith to flaw.
The Hellbound Mistress drifts through smoke,
her sails stitched tight with guilt and lust.
Each mast, a promise I once broke,
each wave, a hymn to ruined trust.
If I burn, then let it be
in the furnace of your eyes-
where angels choke on blasphemy,
and truth and torment intertwine.
I am your Queen, still bound, undone,
with ashes breathing on my tongue.
Penned by my hand on the 11th of Sarapin, in the year 989 AF.
