My price is

ruination

I know you can dethrone

But still that doesn't stop

Me

From getting close to you

My price is

isolation

I know you can destroy me

But my black soul needs a bit of colour

And you're a palette of life

My price is

illumination

I've been in the shadows for way too long

And now my heart is turning 

into a vault

My price is

contamination

Don't touch me

Or I'll burn your pretty skin 

right off

Remember, remember

That I'm not of this world

Remember, remember

That I'm black, and vast, and cold

Remember, oh please, remember

That an angel like me, made of ink and skin and spleen

Cannot exist for more than a half life

Even if your warmth makes me

Come alive

Remember

*

Remember

The universe never gave birth to me

And so I wasn't meant to be

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a/n i feel like this strangely ties into SF???