Pearls behind pillows
A glimmer with every word
Soft-spoken treasure
Tag: lip
Bit
Trickle of moist
Beads like mercury
As salt and spit mix
With the crimson flow
The iron poison
The elixir of life
Out of a wound
Self-inflicted
By an enamel dagger
Treachery and betrayal
Hastily-Made Decision 