Fire

Here I stand, beneath the blackened shadow
Prepared once more to sink unbearably low
To the depths of the lake of fire
So once more I can be drained of my utter desire

My time has expired
And I’ve lost all I once desired
When shall I arise from this nightmare?
My future has flown to where eagles dare

My eyes have once more been burned by sulfur
I can feel the heat grow as the light becomes brighter
The air around me has become an unholy cage
A vessel for the shadow of my unobstructed rage

Curse the rotten blood in these veins
For it has sent me to where Satan reigns
My friends I once called angels have abandoned me
And gone beyond to where human eyes cannot see

I can feel the candle flickering within my heart
Slowly burning it and withering it apart
In these waves of crimson I see my reflection
A mirror to show my total and utter imperfection

The inversion rests crooked upon the inner sanctum
Whilst the stars sing their mournful anthem
A soliloquy to the past souls trapped below
Their lives taken before they could ever know

For now, all we have left is the endlessly red horizon
As we lay upon the fire, we become the fallen
The forgotten, the slaves, the hollow
To the end of time--the fire, we shall always follow.