The Emissary

With a mourning cry, the unspoken name

Upon traitor’s footsteps it came

And I recall, a good friend of mine

Had told me the story one night

Rejoice within depravity

The children broke bread, as they cried

Avert thine eyes as the saint’s aghast

And scream so loud the trinity hear

Lay gracefully beside me in this subdued light

Between silent darkness and this exquisite pain

Basking in the gloom of an aching flame

That glitters unknowingly as the passing of time

And ages fall as grains of sand swept from my shores

Awash with my yearning

The taming of the land

To purify the raging thirst

Exhale that last cold breath

It holds you to life

Cling to it my darling

Radiate with dying beauty

Forbidden taste, leave your guilt behind

Delight and be damned to burn and to cry

Be pious, receive me, succumb as they watch

Your soul to your witness forsaken and lost

Torn and aching their fires lay doused

Virtue in ruin and my taste in their mouth

So they are tempted one by one

All sheep will fall and the flock will be done