1. MOTHER OF PERIL

Drowning in sepia, she faded her world
And wrenched at the threads of solace
Blood flow thin, the elixir of passion
Teeming thru poorly stitched seams

Empress of dismal, who inhales depression
With filed teeth, tore at stagnation
Woe was a blade encrusted in rust
Into her own black heart she thrust

The searing abyss that I saw in her eyes
Whispered betrayal, a contagion of lies
You are in danger, she said unto me
Escape from this place, set yourself free

Suicide was the portal, void of distress
A weary voyage into my oubliette
Forever in darkness, together we are
Sweet depravation, most cordial emotional scar

Drowning in sepia, she faded her world
And wrenched at the threads of solace
Blood flow thin, the elixir of passion
Teeming thru poorly stitched seams


2. THE WEEPING TREE

Dare I dream
Of a sun shackled to slumber’s chain
When the seeds of midnight
Sprout a blind rampage of misery
Cutting into my soul
And placing a penance therein
Would the wound heal over
With moss or lican
A symbiote scar of what has come before

Dare I remember
Many moons of autumn rupture
Despair would grow as grains will
In welcome for the coming reap(er)
Strong enough my arms once were
To hold a century’s worth of nooses
Throttled tongues spake unanswered prayers
As a harvest moon hung above
An ever watchful eye

Lifeless and sullen, spirited away
My core is empty, dry and rotten
I'm dying in the lea

I've laid down armor
I've cast away my sword
My kingdom lies in eternal ruin
Though I swore to defend


3. VEILS OF ICE THAT IMPERSONATE MIRRORS

The veil was crystalline and scented with curses
Vast though it was in caverns forlorn
A mirror of ice wherein all nightmares are seen
Will reveal an ugly truth
Behind seemingly innocent eyes

Enter mine looking glass
Like fabled Alice
Find yourself lost
In eternal search for your true self

Lost for infinity
In the chasms of mental vaults

The demons are there
Behind your eyes

When forced to relive sinister secrets
Revealed in the mirror of the inner unknown
The haunts of your past expose your mind
A closet fit to burst with skulls and bones

The veil was cold and indifferent to fate
Mystic though it was in stalactites formed
A mirror of ice wherein lies madness
A soul reflected in truest shape
Behind questionably innocent eyes

The truth is buried
Behind your eyes

The demons are there
Behind your eyes


4. CHANNELING VOLATILE ENERGY

I have leeched the souls of kings
And rendered down withered gods
And captured universal light
I steal your lifeforce to channel my magic

I conjure all that I have stolen
Into one violent charge
One apocalyptic burst
Sent as a plague to the cursed earth

The great eye of the cosmos
Has focused upon me
A grandiose fate
For one as I, no longer mortal
I have sapped the powers of God
Leaving naught but a hollow drone
Placed have I a fire therein
To burn away any trace of power


5. YOU MUST ADMIT, THE SUN IS DYING

The sun rises so slowly these days
The nights are growing longer
Such wicked signs are out of season
The light is so very weak

Darker days ahead

Although it’s not like you to say
You must admit, the sun is dying

No more romantic dawns
No more dreamy dusks
Only years of darkness
Humanity’s bleakest age

A planet plunged into absolute zero
A global freezing beyond all imagination
Everyone will die in darkness
Everyone will freeze to death

Although it’s not like you to say
You must admit, the sun is dying


6. BENEATH THE OAK

I was a ravenous creature
In the orchard of rotten bloom
Under a witch’s spell
Whispered on the winds of doom
On the gilded forest bed
I enchanted, slept alone
A silver moon befallen
Awoke runes on magic stones

The roots of darkness run strong and deep
Tangled thru fathoms of pagan soil
A myriad of buried evil men
Give lifesblood to a forest’s toil

In rain on weatherworn stone
The nocturnal do not rest
Night workers of Terra
Crawl forth from your nests
Beckon to the wind
Hear the sound of trees
Silence is never still
With whispers on the breeze

Within the woods I dwelt alone
Far away from the burdens of man
I have made a Heaven of Hell

Beneath the oak I slept forever
And dreamt my vivid dream of death
Beneath the woe I withered away

Within my heart there is a void
I attempt to fill with pain
Within my mind, absolution

Beneath the moon I wept forever
Though the rain did not wash away
Beneath the skies I died


7. BEAUTY IS DERELICT IN MINE EYES

I feel not the spark of life
Just the cold of a knife
Splendor is empty, starved of its soul
Mirrored by my heart, an empty blackened hole

My world is black
My words are solemn
In the murk of my nest I dwell
A private Hell
Coldly I sigh towards you all
I hate you and I want to die

Let my name fade in time
Leave me to my weary ways
Sick of heart, sick of mind
Sick of never-ending days
The world is grey

It is for this I choose suicide
Beauty is derelict in mine eyes

Life is stale
My blood runs black
Fuck you all
All must end

It is for this I choose suicide
Beauty is derelict in mine eyes


8. LET NEVER A FLOWER ADORN MY GRAVE

Silence in the mist that surrounds this place
I’ve been torn away from this empty life
Blood upon the walls to mark my name for death
Bury me not in hallowed grounds and in solitude let me die

Remember not my name
Let never a flower adorn my grave

My grave to be
Lies over the hill
Far from the cemetery
Forgotten by all
Buried dense
In thistle and brush
None shall come to weep

Remember not my name
Let never a flower adorn my grave