Plague
Pestilence
Suffered to live by an act of regret
Malignance
Infected and leprous and blind
An abscess, a festering hole
A Venus with bubonic pustules adorned
Branding, scarring, piercing the flesh
Pitiful, selfish and trite
For once in a lifetime all the pieces falling into their place
To watch another childhood burn
Surmising grace, unchanging
Silhouettes caress the flames that
Consume their words
Let it all burn
Corona dentata
Helios oscura
Abortionist, clandestine kill
Adonis with cancerous lesions arrayed
Crawling, begging, following blind
Pitiful, weak and benign
There is no phoenix to rise from these ashes
No messiah to forgive us for what we’ve done
There will be no rapture to rescue us from a dying planet
Only through suffering can we heal
Let it all burn
For once in a lifetime all the pieces fell into their place
To watch another childhood burn
Surmising grace, unchanging
Silhouettes caressed the flames and
Consumed their words
Let it all burn

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