Subglacial
My eyes fail me My hands grow numb I pull the thorn from my side Letting my racing heart christen the dirt Consecrated by the light of the fire I could have followed you down Let the darkness in I'm grasping for the slightest relief I'm fading into forged persona Retreat to the grasp of the open wounds we bear The light is weak and burning out Concealing the defeat in my eyes The spectrе under my skin Will devour me wholе I'm grasping for the slightest relief I'm fading into the shadows we wield Retreat to the safest corner of my mind Just to find that somethings missing Longing for release My mind holds on My flesh gives in
Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Jul 01, 2026
We built our well in the clearing To nourish ourselves off creation The well always runs dry Way back I sought release From the clutches of a false persona Clawing me from the inside Distorting my very essence Now there's dirt behind my nails and I don't know whose blood I carry Red rain that dyes the earth dilutes our reservoir The well always runs dry Way back I remember a time When the well would ease the pain And cradle me through the storm It's all intangible now I buried you beside my convictions, my persona and I Weeped beside the tomb Drowning in mist and the folly of what we become Way back I drowned in mist It's killing me 'cause Way back I craved the light It's killing me 'cause Way back I held your fears It's killing me 'cause Way back I felt the love and I don't know myself without it The well always runs dry
Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Jul 01, 2026
There's never time It's the delusion we abide Enraptured in the cruel embrace of silence once more Waltzing with the bastard child of dread, inaction While the specter seizes ground I hear it call me, I feel it beckoning Tightening its grip on my neck Tension creeps in, siphons all the air Eyes that burrow but will never meet Flooding marrow with a potent fear (Gaping black maw that absorbs my being) When the night withdraws and the ice all thaws I'm still freezing inside When the trees bear fruit and the ground is lush I'm still hollow, despondent I've given into fear I'll take this adage and burn it I've carried this all along It's weighed me down When the sun shines bright and defeats the night I'll feel humble, at peace When the lake is still and the waters are clear I'll know I've found safe passage I can feel life's embrace Unearthing light I've been craving There was never time In the delusion we subside
Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Jul 01, 2026
I face the broken mirror As shards coalesce into a deep oblivion My past My future My trauma My healing Eclipsing its source, surrendered The snuffed glimmer behind my eyes My sword My shield My mercy My wrath My ambition My apathy My abundance My scarcity Laid out in pieces before me Beckoned by the other side A well of static becomes my chrysalis I cross the threshold
Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Jul 01, 2026
I've grown tired of crawling On the thinnest of ropes Waiting for a breakthrough, he falters again Arms extended above the surface Gesturing vaguely towards nothing With eyes that betray his inner vitriol And words that poison the memory of better days Set off by nothing Pulled down to the pit How did we displease? Do we really deserve this? What’s taken him over? Did he try to fight it? Strung out on rage He wields his voice I feel it falling apart Constituent threads unravel Like flesh wedding steel Look at me Look at me Look at me Look at me, you have to answer for this I don't want to let go Of everything we built I have always maintained A hope of seeing it through Then I remember the hurt I remember the disdain in his eye I remember the fear I felt I remember the nights spent shaking I remember it all Wounds flare open Stinging mercilessly Gnawing on the rotten meat of trauma Another memory emerges I remember the joy I remember the laughs we shared I remember the solidarity I remember the youthful ambition I remember it all Never knowing where to place these feelings Weighing hurt against years of camaraderie Finding solace in vulnerable moments But I need to see a deeper cleansing (Send him to the lake) Where the waters can heal his strife (Send him to the lake) Where his spirit can be renewed (Send him to the lake) Where his trauma can loosen its grip (Send him to the lake) So our kinship can flourish once more (Send him to the lake) Send him to the lake
Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Jul 01, 2026
Uncovering scars unknown A vestige of a darker time When we farmed our wounds like livestock More nourished than we ever were Are we all just vessels? I’m peeling flesh again Bloodletting over sacred texts The silver spoon of indulgence salutes As we fall short of our virtues Are we all just vessels for our deeper pain? I am not just my trauma I am not just my scars It’s a piece of me, not foundational Inch by wretched inch Falter by falter I will reach the surface I will learn to heal
Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Jul 01, 2026