Queen of Hearts

My heart had fallen through the realm to Anubis

Against the feather of Ma'at there was no comparison

Beating on a scale, the weight of sin was deeply engraved in regret

When black butterflies flutter do my eyes open

Heavy is my heart and like stone it sank in the depths of me

Like a dream, moonlight visited me

Told me the story of a dying sun

My throat constricted, dry with sand that stabbed and marked my tongue 

There I could see it, my truth serum tattoo

Shoulders burrowed, and unfurled there were cadaverous feathers

Like pointed quills they quivered

Transparent against pale bones as they hovered like a cocoon

The next I saw the world, no holy or unholy being could catch my tongue

A heart broke but it wasn't mine

No, my heart was no longer stone

No longer a victim of medusa

Rather, a fragile golden blossom that bloomed in that sea of despair

Risen from the underworld

Hidden among the petals, a heart of hearts

My dagger tongue held no mercy

As the words spilled from my throat as though a bubble of blood had overflown

That ashen feather flew among the doves

It wasn't cruelty...

I just chose myself this time