Burdock and Bismuth

Bury me in cotton

Steal my spirit away

Lay me in the cold sea

Rob me of life today

I don't want to feel anymore

Take these emotions from me

The pain in my head

My heart

My hands

Please just set me free

This blood on my face

Mingling with vibrant paint

Red on blue on yellow

Their gorgeous, discordant taint

I suffer in my beauty

I am stunning in my pain

But do not mistake

My empathy for apathy

For your judgement is all in vain

I care not what you think of me

Of what you say behind my back

Because a smart cobra

Will wait until your back

Is turned

To make its lethal attack