The number after eight
the holy number in some religions
seven lives,
seven skies
Seven, her favorite number
She used to ink it on her wrist,
scribble it on her notebooks and boxes and love notes.
Seven, her favorite number
It is the count of the scars
imprinted on her forearms,
they've been there since her birth, they say.
Seven, her favorite number
It was when she was seven
that she had dreams declaring her darkened destiny
Seven, her favorite number
Her name seven letters,
her life seven stories
seven shades of blood
through seven blades,
seven death and seven fades
Seven, her favorite number
Seven sins of seven sacrificed souls
on the seventh sacred hour
of the seventh moon
with the seven spells,
each with seven words...
Seven was her favorite number
