Arrogance

How arrogant is man!
He walks unchallenged under the wrath of the storm.
As the lightning strikes and the clouds bellow in fury,
Man pays no mind.
He builds towers of steel and iron,
Vast cities does he inhabit!
Giving no heed to the power of the heavens.

How much more arrogant is he,
If these forces dwell simply upon the Lord's footstool?
What challenge, then, does he offer to the God Above?

Ivy

It begins in the chest, like a dark weight,
A tiny pull that betrays the inevitable and irresistible vortex,
It pulls on the ribs, then pulls on the shoulders,
Black tendrils reaching and seeking out,
Searching for every node, every nerve of the beast inside,
Warm fingers burrow into the subconscious, pulling at the strings,
Thoughts of strength and prowess, violence and blood,
Slowly it reaches into the arms, the neck, the abdomen,
Coiling in the muscles, tensing them, tightening them,
The sickly vines reach the mouth and throat,
While the fingers pull more strings,
Thoughts of victories, of feasts, of meats and wines,
Black saliva, while still clear, fills the mouth,
While bile floods the stomach, and it growls,
Inside the chest, the weight grows stronger,
Threatening to consume every part in turn,
And now, here, it begins to bolden,
The tendrils coil tightly around the waist,
And burrow deep inside, while the thoughts begin to change,
Thoughts of curves, of heat, and motion,
Of sweat, of teeth, and voices,
It grips tight the arms, closes tight the jaw,

Now this, my friends, is the last chance,
The last moment to realize, to take control,
For if you fail, She will have you.

She whispers in the ears with dark thoughts,
She flushes the body with fire,
She promises such things that the heart begins to race,
And when the eyes close, the assenting breath let out,
Be you alone or not,
She has you.

Aneurysm

Listen,
Can you hear it?
Subtle and soft even in the silence?

Heat,
Can you feel it?
Steam and stench inside my skull.

Every single thought of you,
Is a piece of me escaping,
Into Vapor,

Every moment I dwell on you,
Is a part of my mind,
Boiling away.

You're a fever, a virus,
And you're buried inside my brain,
You've embedded yourself inside me,
There's no cure for this pain.

There,
Can you smell it?
This sacred, scarlet secretion?

Blood,
Can you taste it?
This liquid, lifeless, on my lips?

Quiet the Process

Quiet the process of my Demise,
Speak to me no more of war,
Whisper to me not of secrets,
I will hear no more of this,

Quiet the process of my rest,
Tell me not of how she left you,
Inform me not who is in,
I will hear no more of this,

Quiet the process of my contimplation,
Plant not your thoughts in my mind,
Place not your nails inside my skull,
I will hear no more of this,

Quiet the process of my prayers,
Speak to me your truth,
Whisper to me your light,
I will hear no more but this.