Emilie Autumn

Remember
And tell me
The day you love
Behind a veil of tears
How dreams as these
You dreamt not of
And thought to pass your years
More peaceably than others do
Devoid of common pain
Your own company pleased you
And as you heard complain
Of those small hurts that never heal
And scar their victims deep
You oft' proclaimed your heart could feel
No love
And sought to keep
Your perfect brow
Untarnished by
The sorrow you would save
Your perfect lips
Unvarnished lie
To kiss might thee enslave
Protected are thy limbs
No fear of deeds
Unseemly grasp thee
Directed by thy perfect ear
No words could hope to clasp thee
Indeed thou will not be enshrined
Will honor no man’s name
But in disdain
You are, you’ll find
Enshrined all the same
In your defense
You say "not so"
When standeth thee accused
Of hatred for mankind
But O
How hast thou been abused
That such a mortal fear
Could frighten
All your nature wills
So much
So that what might enlighten