No hope in sight the reality of our plight Leads us ever deep in despair
How much more can be taken
Until there’s nothing left
And though our pain we keep restrained
To cohere and coalesce
This lurid sense of complacency
Can only mean our end, mean our end
What’s left when this pretence of freedom fades? Will we cling to our bondage just to keep things all the same? The breast of this slave-ship culture from which we feed
Excretes a bitter substance that poisons our
dreams
Lies, woven through the fabric of our lives lulls us to sleep. Promising us warmth while depriving us of the very things we need. It cripples as it nurtures, it festers as it heals, it’s gift leaves less than nothing, it blinds as it reveals.
Deceitful smile, A butcher’s kiss
An endless fall, To black abyss
Descend...
Blackened sky, Devoid of light
Whispers for truth, In endless night
A raven’s song, Our requiem
Heralds the end, And our last breath
Now with no hope in sight,
The reality of our plights
Leads us ever deep in despair
How much more can be taken
Until there’s nothing left
Despondent times will stir the mind
To assail these bitter days
To resist with every breath of life
Until nothing of shadows remain
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