Vocals: Legacy Leonard Production: Blazing Suns - Eli Wallace

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This piece was inspired by a poem entitled "7 Stars by Verbal High of Black Elephant. "7 Stars" is about a man that meets a woman with 7 children, and it seems no matter what he does for her she would not love him. Driven to desperation for her attention and lack of love for him, he ends up leaving her. "7 Stars" was so profound and haunting that I was inspired to write a piece from the viewpoint of the woman. "7 Tears" is her story.

Six transparent rubies slip silently down my face
And as the seventh falls
My pain is perfected
Crystallized in the form of 7 stars in the bleeding palm of my hand
The remainder of the soul you left me with
The day you stepped off the edge of the Earth
Taking the shine of the sun with you
Leaving me with these seven tears
Seven stars
Orbiting the lonely nexus of my night skies
You said that I didn't love you
Even as I harvested a seventh seed from the depths of my ruptured womb
Splitting myself open
Again
And Again
And Again
Giving birth to the seeds of your love
How could I cry?
When the rivers of my soul had long ago run dry
Seven men have drank from the fountains of my femininity
Each one swimming for the shores of my distant soul
Lost in the intoxicating black seas of despair
Drowning inside my sphere
Ringed with the stars of my love
Hung in the brilliant firmament of the heavens
Blazing brightly to illuminate the hopelessness
Where I glide through the days and nights
Living for the love of my 7 stars
That once filled my belly with their burning light
Creations of 7 men who have planted their flags upon my back
Attempting to claim what could never be theirs
Hoping for the rise of smile
In the midst of my solar showers
My moon could not ascend without the setting of your sun
My world is as illusive as the love you seek from me
Just out of reach
Slipping slowly through your fingers
Like the seven shooting stars your righteous illumination
Sent ricocheting across my heart
Blessing my wind blown dreams with the guiding light of your love
My seven stars streaking away from me as the solstice breaks the heavens
Allowing them to arise from your fingertips
Glowing with celestial light
Leaving me wistful on the shores of my distant soul
Where the rays of your sun warmed my face
Yet failed to penetrate the cold shadows of my heart
My love stopped with those seven stars now entrapped in the crystal of my tears
I had nothing left to give
I couldn't love you
I couldn't love you
I COULD NOT LOVE YOU!
In my world love is an oxymoron
No definition to be found in a dictionary
Six transparent rubies slip silently down my face
And as the seventh falls
My pain is perfected...