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erosion of the soul

this sermon echoes within

caress the face of gaping black

archaic visions seep within

hallucinate, forlorn repent

disparity - my mind decays

a hiss - spray of dread,

a siege on the soul in death,

this lingering haze so bright,

the formless mass of the night.

sight unseen there will be,

tides of black will rise from the sea.

snatch the breath from their grasp

the fumes of death everlast

splitting blood, unending fire

a song of pain fit for a choir

enmeshed in scales of woven grief

rotten veins lay underneath,

observe the murmur - the solemn cry,

this vacant vessel born to die

cling to the reeds of time,

exhume the path to bliss,

perverse reflection of fate,

squalor and hatred sublime

lumbering figure pulsing red,

it's rotten skin begins to shed,

with pulsing vessels underneath,

forever mired in the reek of grief