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I awake in another nightmare

our ways will cross under the bleeding skies

wearing the guise of martyrs

a cloaked figure following behind

hands me a dagger

keep still, this will not hurt

at least no more than tearing flesh

abrupt gesture of ill omen

will curse this bond to rot in pain

our cries will choke under a dying moon

in mute departure

the traitor's path - behind each step I choose

eyes - burning embers

pray, pray for mercy

this land is merciless

here you will dwell

in crippling pain

down below I'm buried

my doppelganger roams

oppressing you

to face your void self

help me dissolve each bit of truth into this river

which flows into eternal waves of limitless form

teach me patience so I can leave this primal anger

ease the spasms of my hand clutching this dagger

this lunar trail you walk

to face the crimson sea

alone

to disarm this treacherous bond

and may you find

the liquid gold

that burns within

your tortured soul

live

emit the rays of your true form

rise

blessed by the seal of solitude