by beauty and by fear
along with hunger's tears. by the last of the day's heat
the broken women weep. so take my dying soul. it never felt so old. i thank my enemy
for having thought of me. desires on the shadow of god. who becomes the last to fall?
hate
in the soul of them all. do we live
awakened
hoping?
raise your eyes to him
for him. here it comes
closer
closer. at every hour death seems closer. long shadows surround me
call me. i feel its hand upon me. i smell its death upon me. and its midnight conquers me. and now - it is me!
carry the old words home
and lay them into stone. as hard as the earth
we leave a cold new curse. unknown words lying
under my speech dying. where the altar should have been
can no longer be seen. i'd seen bastions fall
and i pity your war. i seize your thorn
and i am known to all whores. i danced in a dream. i did not make a sound. i have seen what
i cannot receive. whispering my given name. unfurls the fingers of flame. nameless sons and daughters of sin. step forward when you hear the bells ring.