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 ...

When my day is over No tear will grace my eyes No blade will grace my hands The desolate haze will form again Visions of beauty giving way to darkness To the dim corridors echoing in my mind Another pill at hand My random heartbeat sustained Understanding at last, meanings long forgotten The moments that shaped forever The small circle is my savior Opening doorways to the unknown Spiral outtakes from beyond Gray monsters exit the gates Sanguine rain flowing down the thighs I struggle to separate realities Afraid to face the creatures Petrified to taste the blood Will the grand sea open to swallow my desolate despair? Angels fill the voids with laughter A demonic presence only meant to confuse An ideal intended for the weak Their pain permits eternal pleasure Like the thunder upon the mount Or the cross to the left Their anguish pacifying the illicit cravings of the flesh Their needle etching my veins Their whips enticing the lost The throne of light lay ahead Unborn temptations enter...

The man called to me Thou shall not waver through my garden Open the doorway before oblivion takes control My heart froze Depths of despair draw near Absolution wasted on the decadent My time is done The woman called to me Thou shall not waver through my forest Enter the fountain before misery takes control My soul mourns Drowning in the tears of sorrow Condolences shed for the meek My life is lost The child cried to me Thou shall not waver from my side Guide me through the darkness My eyes widen The brightness scorching my being Deceit fuels the inferno My meaning clear My voice resounds through the canyon to the man I will not waver through your land My path is free My heart is sound Forgive my trespass into divinity Echoes silenced by solitude My time awaits My voice reverberates through the horizon to the woman I will not waver through your dominion My vision focused My soul alive Forgive my transgressions into paradise Your fruit was too enticing My life will be My voice whi...

I entered the desolate cemetery searching for answers to the legends that have captivated generations. Your lone tombstone stands before me, Elisabeth, what is the secret you harbor alone in the heart of this sanctuary. Are you the one? The maiden we search for, the illustrious Green Lady. The legends vary, drowned in a swamp, taken by a scorned lover, Satan's seductress? I am here, alone, come to me. For years, I have read of your presence, dreaming of the day when we could be near. So many unknowing bystanders have seen you walking, hitchhiking on the lone dirt road that borders this empty graveyard. You were there, traveling the downward spiral into the depths of stone, they were afraid of your importance, your beauty. Suddenly, a beautiful light shines clear. Is that you, have you come to me? Unveil your vortex and open my blindness. Let me share your story with the masses. Strange, on the ground symbols are burnt into the earth surrounding you. Did they succeed in summonin...

I’d almost forgotten, though I’d tried to remember And I remembered that which I wish I’d forgotten The dark one walks upon the shore Truths whispered silently instead of the simple lie Casual words that mean less than naught The back of your hand would have pleased me Yet, the dagger brought unmatched pleasure The chains, the hooks, the blood You cradled me and let my lips caress your palm You failed to remind me of darkness held within my soul With it left unsaid, I had allowed myself to believe in the light I let myself fall sway to the forbidden pleasures of flesh The neck, the thigh, the back Red fingertips leading me astray A maze of strife lining the inferno Still, beauty lay upon the tip of your tongue Spoiling my every thought with a wisdom held deep within your bounds For a moment, I thought you cared I thought, I could feel it with every beat of your heart With every reflection of pain Silence echoes in my heart A deafening tribute to your genius To the ...

The signpost speaks volumes with silence Cappuccini At last, the grand gateway to despair is here The spiral staircase winding deep into the depths of the catacomb My heart skips a beat Thoughts or remorse follow Yet, here I stand at the threshold of death I am torn Could this surreal monument exist? The bodies, the remains, can they be real They have to be Why else would this house of macabre survive? The vestiges cry out The tragic stories pierce my soul Their feelings of pain and agony Fill the darkness with life Tears of mourning from generations Fill the dampness with sadness With Love These souls surround me Over there is a king, 1764 – 1801 A virgin, 1813 – 1835 You, 1845 - 1886 Why are you so familiar to me? Your presence so real Almost a vision I have encountered many times before Leading me down my path Speaking truths in my nightly ventures into the unknown What secret do you hold? Why me Thoughts run wild inside my mind I must move on I ca...