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The in between, a sacred chamber

Of everything unwritten

Still it rings true

Louder than any word said

Pages turn, reaching the end

But I will leave a mark

My sword brandished in sorrow

Burrows through your heart

You live in every song I hear

Absolved through every song worn

Like a shield to protect myself

Letting you know

Feel the fire char my flesh

A funeral pyre fueled from within

I will give in and let it devour me

Wholeheartedly

Sorrow my world

I walk on coals to ease the pain

But I still feel the shame

It’s towering up around me

Like creeping shadows of twilight

The words I speak bare agony

Echoing a life in vain

Shame consuming the last of me

Like an untamed forest fire

You live in every song I hear

Absolved through every song worn

Like a shield to protect myself

Letting you know

Feel the fire char my flesh

A funeral pyre fueled from within

I will give in and let it devour me

Wholeheartedly

Sorrow my world

I scream into the night

Leaning back into the light

All the things you said

Staring at the stars again

You will leave your mark

An open wound right through my heart

My dealings a world of hurt

Claiming my throne of dirt

Shame consuming the last of me

Like your untamed majesty

Feel the fire char my flesh

A funeral pyre fueled from within

I will give in and let it devour me

 Wholeheartedly

Sorrow my world