MOURNING STAR

Stand in the ashes
Of a thousand dead souls
And ask the ghosts
If life was of consequence
Stand in–

Viscera
Reeking
Disgrace

The blood was everywhere
Just like a sunset
The life in your eyes dims to a cold dark
The only motion
Is from the wind rattling your bones apart
No final stargaze
Now you're just the dust in my teeth on a breezy day
I don't want a sunrise
I just want pale death to ferry me away

Lord of nothing
King of emptiness
Prisoner of your own confidence
Poisoned by a love
You never asked for

I will set you free
I will set you free
I forgive you
I will set you free
I forgive you
The abyss will not