Best Not...

Best not to catch feelings

Best not listen to my whisper in your ear

Of those things everyone wants and is afraid to hear

Best not peek inside Pandora’s Box

There’s a reason I came with locks.

Go ahead

Take a little peek

He already picked the lock

Opened the box

Made a key

And set me free.

The scars on my body

Carvings on the box

Hiding within the sum of secrets and sin

I came with so many locks

Yet he did not knock.

I am the contents of Pandora’s Box

My scars simply carvings on the lid

I’ll spill my secrets, invite you to get your kicks

Maybe I’ll fuck or fuck up your mind

Chances are that it will be both with time

Whether or not you are or ever will be mine

Come on, just one little kiss…

One little slip into me

And then you’ll see

The taste of sound as it spins around

Like my blood on your lips

The soft trail of fingertips.

He’ll open me up and set me in front of you

I’ll sink to my knees, offering to drown in your seas

If you take just one little peek

I’ll find you in the darkness

Offering the acceptance you seek

Freeing dangers hidden and unseen.

I am Pandora’s Box, I’ll free the demons in your soul

Will it complete you, or will it swallow you whole?

I am pain and aching desire for the untouchable fire

Best not to look inside

I have no more pride

I’m simply lost on the ride.

I’ll be your coke whore

Your open door.

I’ll be your midnight phone call

The pause before your fall

And the aching sorrow in your chest

I’ll be the one you kept, the one that got away, and the one that shall always stay

I am the remains of your pain

And the shreds of all that has kept you sane

I’ll be your hope and everything in you that has been broken

You’ll see. When the box is open.

Best not to catch feelings

I’m in here dreaming

Of things both meant and never meant to be

He opened me up and set me free

Maybe you’ll take a peek

And find me on my knees.

Best not look darlin

I’ll reach to comfort your soul

Desperately desiring to offer you hope

And perhaps my demons will consume you whole

Perhaps after me you’ll be broken

Pieces of everything left unspoken, hope left as a dangerous token.

Maybe I just want to be seen

To be loved for my broken being

To use my soul and gently stitch up your seams

Perhaps instead, I’ll haunt your dreams

And torment your being

For I am Pandora’s Box, and he’ll set me in front of you

Open and unlocked.

I’ll be your fucking drug,

Your forbidden love

I’ll be your playground

My moans the sweetest torture of sound.

I’ll be the one who loved you,

The one you could never have

The one who never got away, but could not stay.

On my knees I’ll pray

So for that moment you can be god

And I’ll be the remnants of all that you have sought

A gift that can never be bought.

Best not to peek inside

Too late now

There’s not much left to hide

I have no need for my own broken pride

My skin is Pandora’s Box,

My being all the evils and hope within

The sum of your sorrows and sin.

I am that line where sky meets earth

Unintentionally, I’ll drag your heart through the dirt

I am the pause between breaths

That moment in which you contemplate death

Best to love me not

For my body is Pandora’s Box

And my soul its contents

I have been unlocked

Spilling the contents within

I am the story of your pain, thirst, hope, and sin

I am the sum of everything you have ever drowned in.

I’ll come to chase away those monsters under your bed

For I am made up of the ones inside of your head

I’ll be there by your side when you’re bleeding in the dirt

Swallow all of your sorrows and hurt

I’ll witness your blood sweat and tears, gently cradle your fears

I’ll break your heart and leave my mark

Whisper how much I love you into the dark.

I am the eye of the storm, and it is all contained within this small box, now left unlocked

I’ll hold up the mirror to the skeletons in your closet

Free your demons and let them run screaming

To crash into me

I’ll drown in your fucking sea.

Just one little peek

One little touch

Nothing is ever enough

Best not to look, best not to love

For I am not heaven sent from above

I am Pandora’s Box

And it is best for you

To love me not.