Fire-Bellied -

THE FACES SURROUND ALL THAT IS KNOWN

AND STARE THROUGH ONE ANOTHER

SOMETHING IS LOST

OR WAS NEVER THERE

IN EVERY CLOUDED DIRECTION

ONLY UNCERTAINTY LIES AHEAD

SO MANY OF THIS KIND

INVARIABLY REAPPEAR

ALL REARED BY OBSTINACY

ENTWINED IN ABSOLUTE FEAR

THRUST INTO EXISTENCE

AND MISGUIDED BY FLYING FIRE

EXTRACTED FROM A SIMPLE MOLD

AND TOLD WHAT TO DESIRE

FLOODED BY SICKNESS

WE ARE CURSED

GUIDED BY WEAKNESS

WE ARE LOST

SO MANY WILL FALL BEHIND

SURRENDER TO WHAT UNFOLDS

AND FAIL TO REMEMBER

THOSE FIGHTING FOR THE UNKNOWN

AND WHEN ILLUSION FADES

IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO RESCUE OURSELVES

WITH THE FIRE OF REALITY LIGHTING UP THE SKY

FLOODED BY SICKNESS

WE ARE CURSED

GUIDED BY WEAKNESS

WE ARE LOST

SO OUR TIME

IS SWIFTLY RUNNING LOW

TO FILL THIS EMPTY HOLE

IN OUR LIVES

WE STRIP ALL THAT WE KNOW

IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING MORE

SHOULD WE FALL

THE END WILL COME TO ALL

BUT PAIN IS NOT THE WORLD AWAITING YOU

WARMTH WILL SLIDE

SOFTLY OVER THE EYES

AND ALL SHALL FADE WAY INTO THE BLUE