lot's wife

you fucked up
you looked back on a burning city
and you didn't turn to salt
but you might as well have
because looking back paralyzes you
just remember what there is to remember

all of it

not just the smiling, but the disappointment
remember the sin that sent two angels to your door
that was the out that made you see it was time to escape
that was your black magic feather, dumbo

don't look back on a burning city
or turn to salt while your family flees
the city you loved to hate or hated to love is being destroyed by fire and brimstone
don't look back on that