The Apologist

As naive as I’ve always been, I lose my way amongst the din and I give in The will to try will fade away. I give my life in vain today. I give in Watch the spine collapse at the first sign of pause As savages come rushing in they find no flesh worth digging in and I give in A carrion call for all to see, they gnash their teeth in ecstasy. I give in Watch the mind collapse, and the body crumble Tarp the walls for blood, keep your edge clean We've caught the scent of hunts- now we kill They've pranced in sweetly, and they’ve suckling hide Now what eager weaklings have stepped, unawares, blindsided?

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026

Nay, nay, set your sights afar We’ve strayed in wary, but were weary slain Cries in volumes, bleated strains Caught off guard and untrained Now, when the dark was hallowed They burned the light just to spy the prize from above And when the stars were bolted just for eyes, you might weep The prize is no reward I’ll concede no hope is won I’ll concede no opening the only way I’ve known I wouldn’t have felt this tired but we’ve run And god if I had known what we’re in for, I’d hide The hunt of wills, I thought, would kill me And which they preyed, I saw myself draped in sheep’s skin, blood crumbs, entrails So which mark is seized. Which one will faint? I’ll concede no hope if given time On high, some kind of word sent down, “give in.” Nay, nay, set your sights afar. We’ve strayed in weary, and were wary slain Cries in volumes, bleated strains, caught off guard and untrained

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026

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The wandering stranger assaults you with guilt, not with guile The spoken word, spurious. It likely wouldn’t push one to sway With doubtful experience, it plotted us a path that wound back again The halls are cavernous and twist the sound as bait Quickly drawn away, open jaw. Dig the hook inside while we bray Now the horns’ blows have carried away and we’re remorseful for the call When the very life of you is swept away and reverent then what worth have you? The air we breathe is the air we’ll be bellowing. How loud claps the storm? What fury will we swallow away?

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026

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Bound to kneel. Bound to go awry Condemned to argue until we die Bound to feel something more than I Pulled through stumbling Can’t you find your way gone? Thought the bough was able Thought the height was scale, and the vertigo’s draw Would show clemency, not scorn. Plunging comatose Lost in those dull words Bound to feel something more than I Now we kneel in the breaking light Respite is fleeting and loss is ours Let go, now it’s time we fell Don’t you walk away. Don’t you walk through a thousand changes Though the alchemy burns me. I can’t save you, but I would argue The morass that we’re swimming in won't let us catch our breath again And now we’re sunk The tide that we’re drowning in rises past our eyes again and now we’re sunk Don’t you walk without stones. A lift without a load to pull you over Don’t you climb without a hold. Don’t you let go Can’t you see your days encumbered? The vast is made of parts The scope just dots, and we all move the path we’ve drawn But mine… to walk it is an art, defined by the strong But I’m unclear this day

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Step back, put your weapons away I’m going on alone. In time, as your mercy decays, we’re left to dissolve If I was suffering, I’d cut the ties that were never meant to bind But I’m so tired now So you’re talking in rhyme The rhythm escapes you Don’t ask for more Forgot all your lines, let it erase you Don’t ask for more Applause has the worth of it’s bearer The cheers will bleed through with the laughter Loose with fast hands, and fumbling into a rough noose I've fitted better knots, but not without precious time For some jobs cheap will do Stole through weak locks, and often into a den of wolves I've heeded caution some, but often not every time For some jobs cheap will do Step back, put your weapons away I’m going on alone In time, as your mercy decays, we’re left to dissolve Bind my hands We’ll settle this Let the light, let the fire be forged on some higher peak When you pass me by, let the flaming torch you carry rain down searing This chemical let’s me breathe as carefully we plot our wars that never have an ending. The grievances you laid on me, spoken many times before, never were about me Loose with fast hands, and fumbling into a rough noose I've fitted better knots, but not without precious time For some jobs cheap will do Stole, frequent, through weak locks of passers by, and often into a den of wolves I've heeded caution some, but often not every time For some jobs cheap will do

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026

One might still sway on one road, a straight course So what wreck unfolds a jagged knotted pile? I don’t even know the way Was the exit sign just a photograph of mine? When we marked the lines, were we all just drunk? One might creak and shudder away Just pave the blood to the road There’s no blame without records No malice, no blame if there’s no past No malice, no blame, with no past and no memories’ weight No malice, no blame, with no past and no name No words, no deeds Just smoke to cloud and dissolve

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026