Madame Villain

I’m banished to the cellar

of poisonous wine and ivy

hands bound in my role as

Madame Villain

The exposed brick chafes my shoulder

as I hiss a song of misery

but my cries are suffocated by the

guilty victims of my treachery

I welcome the unwelcomed confinement

and will sing until I’ve forgotten the words

Because my soul may hold a promise

of purity and beauty

but they should've listened

when I told them not to look

So let them be cast in stone

let them crumble to dust

I’m banished to the cellar

of poisonous wine and ivy

for crimes that will not garner

an apology

I refuse to admit sin

and will never be subdued

to downcast eyes

I am Madame Villain

If you dare

take a walk

into my glare