The Cleansing Fires -

Night betrayed the day

I collapsed into my shell

As the scars reshaped my face

Mercy reared its head

And forgiveness lost its charm

As the cries at once fell dead

And if in the shards that surround me

One fragment of hope remains

If these paranoid wishes have come unchained

Better to wish them away

Better to save this last embrace

And give this nightmare closure

Ghosts of madness fled

And the master lost his breath

As the fear inside fell dead…

Now forever laid in this pristine grave

They whisper their tirades

Children of tragedy cry blasphemies, invisible and unclean

So still in the presence of majesty

You will offer yourself to me, give in to me

In a prison designed by me, frozen in fright at the sight of me

Now you will listen to me

Angel of the darkness created by me

Now you shall see

Better to quietly embrace the dancing fires

And learn to bathe yourself in pools of my desires

Mother of agony, now atrophies

Our union transcending days

Naked, in a state of emergency

Sweat feeding my urgency, give it to me

Submit to this tragedy unholy nymph — you bleed for me

Streaming like tears down your thighs

Now ever so gracefully washing me clean

Whisper to me

Better to readily embrace these raging fires

And learn to drown yourself in seas of my desires

By the bed the stench is best

Under tattered sheets we are blessed

The decay of dignity augments your unrest

Cloaked in silence, you cling to me

Soon you come to know loyalty

Serving me eternally in our den of beauty

Ever deceived by fate, suspended behind this gate

Anguish becoming me, endless surrender shapes me

Twisted silhouettes and shadows grace the room

The sunlight has abandoned me

The hours are blurred, consciousness burns

This is my family

The lifeblood drains from me

Forging this grim reality, we fall into place

Now we’re…

Licking the skin (Aging within)

Soiling the whore (Tainting my fears)

Twisting the skin (Descent within)

Boiling the core (Tasting my tears)

Peeling the skin (Dying within)

Begging for more (Raping my soul)

Burning the skin (Decay within)

(Changing my soul)

Forever closing the door on perverse impurities

Father — Fracture — Failure

Pulsating thoughts impact like thunder

Mind going under

Despair rips me asunder

The ever fading voice of reason

Devoid and bleeding

Piercing numbness blinds my eyes

Our fantasies are weak and crumbling

Hope stays for one thing:

I know the end is coming

Daughter — Damage Danger

Better to cleanse this tainted world of its disease

And sacrifice sanity

I have been stripped of all but nothing’s stopping me

Destiny’s wrath ignites my soul

Night betrays the day, I am timeless (save me)

Mercy hides its face, turns away (raped me)

Ghosts of madness come, and their words (soothe me)

Master breathes his fear (fear) and the choking starts

Regret subdues my demons, purges my desires

Bright flames of lust subsiding, woven curse unravels flawed designs

I can see your face turn to grey (it pains me)

I can see your fear slowly fading (it scathes me)

Undone, the monster cowers loosening its grip

Overcome by searing weakness, turning to a sharp and blinding light

Cut these chains of fractured days

Suffer the children yet he stays

I can see the ending tearing away from myself

Breaking shackles, fighting fate

Prisoners in this perfect grave

Sanctify this union, children of failed gods' dismay

Moments lapse, burning sweat fills my anguished eyes

These pains revive me

Rage inside me guides my hand so swift and unrestrained

Better to recklessly abandon final hope

As the cleansing fires engulf your soul