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Touch of Death

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She strikes her finger across her palm
As if she's lighting a match
And she uses the heat to make skin go cold
As her finger lays upon the pale color
And in their mind - the world goes frozen

It's myth to many, but on the inside...
We know it's something we just don't admit:
The truth in what this woman's capabilities are


When she lays down her middle finger
It's said you're damned to Hell
You'll be Satan's slave to work
When she lays down her index finger
It's said you're pointed to Heaven
You'll meet God with no guarantee
When she lays down her ring finger
It's said you're married to Earth
You'll live spirited in this world

We've all heard the stories
Of how she sends her enemies to Hell
During her nighttime free-time

We've all heard the stories
Of how she works as closure to some
From death bed straight to heaven

We've all heard the stories
Of how she refuses to ever forgive
And she'll never let you die


They call her...
The 'Touch of Death'

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I lightly drag my finger across my palm
Like lighting the match of power
Letting its heat bring cold upon others
Lying my finger on another's pale skin
And within their idea - the world is cold

Most of them try and think I'm myth
But they just don't know how to admit
The truth in what I'm able to do


Down on your skin, my middle finger
And I'll damn you to Hell
You'll be my father's slave to work
Down on your skin, my index finger
And I'll point you to heaven
You'll meet his enemy with no guarantee
Down on your skin, my ring finger
And I'll marry you to Earth
You'll live alive forever in this world

They all know my stories
Of how my enemies go to Hell
In the freedom of my nights

They all know my stories
Of how I work as closure
Sending sick to their faith

They all know my stories
Of how I refuse to forgive
And some will never die


I AM SHE, I AM HER
The Touch Of Death
Inspired by the character "Mother Rose" - the leader of a cult who wants to turn every living human into a zombie or make them join her cult. (She's from the book Flesh & Bone in the Rot & Ruin series by Jonathan Maberry... Read it. It's not completely about zombies, it's about a group trying to escape them about fifteen years after 'First Night' or the zombie apocalypse. They have all the zombies cooped up through majority of America in what they call the "Rot & Ruin". The stories about the zombies themselves are pretty cool, but they're not he focus. But still... IT'S AN AMAZING BOOK. I like this series almost as much as the Hunger Games, and that's my favorites series ever. Read that series too if you haven't.)
Okay, I said A LOT more than intended...
Well, if you've read the book the character's look is based off her. I've only read to the point where Lilah watches the group. The next chapter I'm going to read this evening is when the scene returns to Benny, Nix, & Chong and the lion. I read the first couple sentences... Has anyone read that book, or am I wasting my mental breath here?

3.29.14
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EvilScarrlett's avatar
I think I have rot and ruin in my audible library but haven't listened to it yet. good poem!