Where once there fell
A crusty piece
Of savory flavored
Ripened beast
With all the sides
One does adore
Gaseous swamp
And frost of hoar
Gelatinous moss
From north of tree
Bullfrog throat
With pitch – high C
Once stroked in pot
With hellfire’s heat
Now blades of grass
Thou must eat
Deliciousness
None can compare
Lest ye hath had
Burnt paw of bear
Subservient threads tighten around the ilk of my shadowed memories
Where darkness embraces silence like a lover
And I lay suffering – floundering in foul dreams
My soundless cries echo
While I walk alone with spectres
Who take pleasure as they caress my very soul
Fight the torrents
Escape the rage
Find wings to lift you high above
Peer into the chasm
That fuels the fire
Of malcontent – free of love
Alight upon waters
Where currents spree
Hand swirling to and fro
Close troubled eyes
Which cannot see
The flames found down below
The burden of the broken stones
Weigh heavy on the mind
Whitecapped waves crest and foam
But cannot wash away the crime
Building blocks to small to see
Poisoned the whole of the base
Years of neglect have now captured me
As I slow to a crawl in my pace
Hindsight lends no healing sauve
For this conjured soul of the damned
Only regret of a dying wretch
As I crumble into sinking sand
Canvas towers of black paint the horizon
There is no way out
There is no way out
Turrets of stone in windswept hues
There is no way out
There is no way out
A blanket of stars, black as pitch
There is no way out
There is no way out
Suffocating inside this sarcophagus, frozen forever
There is no way out
There is no way out
A darker side of hollow
Whispers in your ear
“I can make you happy…
Come, no need to fear!”
A prickling on your neckline
As your stomach fills with butterflies
“Is this the way that I should go?
Or is it all just lies?”
That cry of desperation
Was answered in a beat
And now the time has come for you
To go
Or to retreat
Within this world of madness
Too many empty souls
Take to the streets and kill each other
And pretend it makes them whole
So, be careful with your questions
Have faith and tow the line
Build bridges, not deeper chasms
Beacause darkness has the time
Kindred, don’t leave me
This melancholy, too, shall soon pass
Bear with these fragile bones
One last time
Before they are consumed
By the fires of no return
Pray for me
After the passing
Stay with me
Until the chill of the morning
Lifts its veil
Upon a new day
Then, carry on the legacy
Seek out truth
Hide your true self
When the time is right
Revenge me
And leave a legacy
Of your own
Light the way out of this darkness
That cradles me in its arms
Break the binding chains that hold me
Stifling me and causing harm
Help me reach just high enough
To catch an angel’s eye
And lift me from this misery
That has become my life
Tis naught
But death that persecutes me
Veiled in wispy robes
Cut from boughs of fir
Kindling for my soul
Curtains of eternal darkness
Cascade, ever closing upon me
Silently bending my will
Into a “damned submission”
Subjugating my destiny
Hastened my thoughts
Alas, fleeing down this now dead life
Malleable to condemnation
Beelzebub has dismantled my cross
Heavy-laden the storm clouds loom
High above the chaos
Deeper and wider the chasm swells
Like billowing sails of the ships of old
A siren’s song drifts with envy upon the wind
As the hoards prepare to feast
The blood moon drips apparitions of fear
Infiltrating the deepest of shadows
Once every 5000 years the hunter is set free
Mayhem holds the key to destruction
There is nowhere to hide
As even the dark cowers
Legion pierces the silence
