Inferno in Delicate Wax

Flickers dance where shadows grow
Waxen figures start to flow
Shapeless whispers melt and break
Tied to warmth, I come unmade

Fingers twist, soft to frail
Heat embraces, leaves a trail
No escape, no backward flight
Drip by drip, fade into night

Evil lives on, live on ward
Draw no evil, no evil live
Reviled was I, I was delivered
Reviled saw I, I saw deliver

Hollows deepen, grasping tight
Light betrayed by warmth's delight
Softened edges lose their form
Drip to nothing, weathered, worn

Mirrors shatter, no reflection
Emptiness my sole connection
In the blaze, I twist and bow
Heat consumes, there is no now

Evil lives on, live on ward
Draw no evil, no evil live
Reviled was I, I was delivered
Reviled saw I, I saw deliver

Candles burn, wax spills below
Holding on becomes too slow
Once was whole, now turned to ash
Shadows dance, my form collapsed

Evil lives on, live on ward
Draw no evil, no evil live
Reviled was I, I was delivered
Reviled saw I, I saw deliver

Fading glow, I drift apart
In warmth's clutch, I lose my heart
Dreams all gone, words left unsaid
Gone to silence, swallowed, dead
Soft murmurs fade, no more sway