Frailty

Fall by anointed edge Trusted haft at ready Forged in faith enduring Relic of dogma lost As the cycle begins With brother amber-clad Once more into the horde All mercy forsworn This righteous endeavor Twin starlings Aegis in moonlight Ungodly, now severed Catharsis in brittle melody Through these murky waters wade Struggle to surface Draw breath on blessed day In shackles succumb Dear darling of hazy visage To arms of hope return Salvage the genuine By song to awaken true Tear them all out Cut them all down Deliverance an option foregone Effigy blackened sundered and lost For a moment, clarity frail Remnants subsumed and carnage prevails