my heart is raw
my flesh is uncovered
the wounds mark my skin
the darkest pain
lost in despair
all hope is gone
to lose life
or to remember shadows
hovering over my grave
lost in confusion
bare once again
feigned memories
of happiness and joy
but truth reveals
as a blunt knife
tearing me asunder
to dust to dust
the carriage will carry
the scorn of me
and mockery of many
where i was once
a man cast down
without remorse
or sorrow or tear
the flames await
my forbidden decay
and breathe on me
the cursed tongue
never to know
or keep forever