Red

PVC red skirt: Skin-tight
The girl walks the streets at night
[Sell thy body, sell thy soul]

What kind of life must she lead?
To satisfy men, looking to plant their seed
[Not giving a damn about their means]

The girl walks the streets
Just to make ends meet
[Temple ravished by insatiable lust]

Oh, the sins she must bear
Disrespecting herself without care
[Her love on sale to the highest bidder]

I can imagine her tears as they fall
Awaiting her next customer to call
[Empty touch to naked flesh]

The glass jar echoes as he stalks through the door
Her blackened void, expanded once more
[Broken, corrupted, left hurt and sore]

Tired and lonely, love disallowed
But to carry on living, she can’t make a sound…
[She must suffer her fate, there is no escape]

The girl walks the streets, on her own
Wearing her red PVC skirt: Skin-tight.

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