Cursed to a world, extinguished
Persist in existence
Defiant of the tyrant who reigns, intractable
Lost in the tortuous meanders of grief
The mantra distorts like a spell
Reality subverted, reversed
Resentment for a world turned hell
In the beginning, the heavens fell below the earth
Consecrated by a new nausea
No chant of poignant resonance
No appeal to the ancient
Or covenant of injustice
Can this vehemence appease
By the blood of the innocent
Dispossessed of their lives
By the ineffable, eternal
This banner of conviction
This seal of indifference
Bestowed in deafening silence
A wisdom only the pain of grief can yield
A wound no earthly sojourn can heal
To a world of pain and ugliness
With eyes now truly open
With a parting kiss of agony
The heavy wine of oblivion
Shrouded in the livery
Of the unforgiven
Lost in the tortuous meanders of grief
The mantra distorts like a spell
Reality subverted, reversed
Resentment for a world turned hell
