As My Tears Run Red

Mysterious lines cross the sky Did you see them? He was there upon the bridge Staring into the chasm before the despair Alive again Shaking the mortal landscape Their foundations cracked Apparent only to the blind Did you see him? His return prophesized in scripture At least forty years have past since the last encounter The signs were all around A moth flew across the clouds weakening the rafters Blinding the populace with dissent At last, his message revealed Did you hear him? Mass destruction followed The past rises from the ashes With the meek again standing guard More disasters abound Two more if the legends are true Those eyes burn with laughter Did you see them? The grand wings unfurled His presence feared The moth again takes flight The locations planned Devastation near Remember the point His rise to immortality Will this time end the same way? Will the innocents' death be in vain? They bled for him Their souls sacrificed for the good ...

• Published in the Ashen Eye: Torment What is happening out there? These people…These depraved creatures Plaguing us like the locusts in Babylon My mind cannot, will not comprehend what I have witnessed tonight This ordeal glistening like a surreal testament from Argento This nightmare cannot be real I shake, trembling from the fear I must stay strong The others are counting on my vigilance For generations it has been passed to me to have faith Faith in what I ask Truths and lies, heaven and hell Depends on your perspective, doesn't it? I remember my grandmother enumerate scripture and verse Words I saw promulgated by the corrupt and pretentious In my mind, I can hear her now It was allowed to fight against God's people and defeat them And it was given authority over every tribe, nation, language and race (Rev 13:7) Are we in the midst of the 42 months of deceit? Or has god finally forsaken us at last? In my mind, the answer is clear He did fuck all with these sins of torm...

Now that our beauty is relatively safe, I guess we should venture into the cathedral again. I think it is time for Saint Peter to stand before us and preach his gospel. Wow, Saint Peter, I wonder where that name came from for this? Maybe it is because of my love for the writings of the great prophets like Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce or Saint Malachi. Yeah, it must be Saint Malachi. In his teachings, Peter the Roman is supposed to rise to power and become the final pope, causing great turmoil across the land. Ironically, similar to the uprising spawned by this clergy member.    The almighty spoke and the earth trembled, Thou shall drive the infidels into the Chasm of Flame. Their sins cleansed at the hand of the father. The Great Beast opened his mouth at the base of the mount, And laughed at their despair ( Jehovah 7.28 ) My children… My flock… Behold the mighty beast His teeth glistening in sunlight, waiting for our offering The purification of the heretics is at hand We must...

The unknown regions of love The helpless feelings of life My desolate heart cries out Desires Trust Passages of unknown meaning I am helpless I come I run I hide Slowly time crawls Alone in the abyss I wonder Trapped in solitude You fill my head with love Desires Trust I reach for you The pain of reality takes hold Misunderstood Look Around Feel the unsettling persona? Hopeless Fear surrounds me Can you hear the clock? I can Tick-tock, tick-tock The pulse of the unknown What is out there? Or is it in my head The pain covers everything Trembling You are gone I am alone again Who am I? A bitter taste touches my lips A hand takes my sight I can’t move Screams fill the air Can you hear me? Gone The darkness is here I am lost