Hubris -

Eyes peel open

Catch the scent of decay

Arms are tethered

Movement in disarray

Padded walls, padded ceilings

Thoughts now race with past events

«What is this?

Where Am I!?»

«What is it that I have done!?»

«Quiet now, you’re in here for good»

«Innocent blood has been spilled on, your account»

Palpitations ensue

Arrhythmia takes hold

«Could it be true?»

«All that they say?»

«Am I capable of wrenching their life away?»

Forsaken, dejected

Memories escaping

Desolate, disowned

Now accepting fate

«This is what I have done»

«A slaughtered family

What Am I to become»

His mind, now afflicted with grief

Wrestles with this torment of which they speak

And in this moment

He begins to believe

IN ALL OF INSTANT

The door slams open with a deafening crack

Light pours in

Shielding his eyes

He can see the figure, of which he stands

He is guided to a room and sat upon the steel

Castigation, retribution

He knows not what to feel

«If it was up to me you wouldn’t be alive»

«If it’s up to me you’ll never again, see the light»

«Don't listen oh don’t listen»

«I am the one they speak of»

«Twas I who guided your hands»

«Don't listen oh don’t listen»

«Should I, at your harmless innocence Melt, as I do»

«Irrelevant, meaningless fool»

«I told you not to heed their words»

«Our purpose is so much clearer»

«Enact Valde Recro!»

«Dispelling Inner light»

«You will not deny me my birthright»

«I am the one»

«To take this world asunder»

hands are shaking, trembling so slight

«Before I’m done I shall drink the blood of…

Christ»