One soul smeared too thin. Or torn, raw-edged and aching. Eternally tangled together Past flesh, beyond bone. She steals the light from me, My night bruises her face. Only our muted hate To fill the cold hour. (Dragged down in Dreams of jealousy). Only our muted hate To fill the cold. One of us must go. One of us. Convicted for the crime Of consciousness conjoined. Slipping cord that binds Is knotted, is noosed on our necks. She steals the light from me, My night bruises her face. (Another face boils Under mine in the mirror). Only our muted hate To fill the cold hour. (Dragged down in Dreams of jealousy). Only our muted hate To fill the cold. One of us must go. One of us. We'll increase with subtraction. But combined, zero sum. If she rises from the fire I'll choke on her ash. Reaching beyond The bars of my breast, I stifle the heart Of my silent twin. Reaching beyond the bars, I stifle the heart Of my silent twin.