The Prodigal Ones

The stars no longer guide their flight Shadows dance where light once reigned Eyes that once revered the night Now forsake the radiant dreams once dreamt Whispers fade on ancient winds Tales once told now drift away Children lost in nightfall's dim Wander far from dawn's bright reign For we are broken Awoken at the demise of I The forsaken Children wandering astray Forgotten songs, the silent hands Echoes of the heart's demands As twilight calls, the dark expands Lost within forsaken lands Whispers fade on ancient winds Tales once told now drift away Children lost in nightfall's dim Wander far from dawn's bright reign For we are broken Awoken at the demise of I The forsaken Children wandering astray We are broken Blessed in the nameless eye The foretoken The return of the prodigal ones Rattling voices linger in the haze Erstwhile bright flames now dimmed and cold Souls stray through the darkened days Lost within the words untold The orphans of a desolate world disowned Broken Foretoken For we are broken Awoken at the demise of I The forsaken Children wandering astray We are broken Blessed by the nameless eye The foretoken The return of the prodigal ones

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

Under a sulfurous firmament And bloodthirsty, the dead soil 'neath our feet The leaden clouds, a hundred jaws Snatching, mewling and drooling guts Quivering comes the welkin pale With bloodcurdling wails Of the woebegone and broken The bloodless cries of ghostly shades Dinning with rage As they loom against the horizon Side by side they appear Crippled and depraved Yet still so intimate and dear Wroth and grim Yet still so full of fear Father, mother, daughter and son Blood of my blood, hеart of my heart Have we not been onе? By grace now to be torn apart As the carnix roared twice and once more The sorrow hosts rage And gnashing of teeth As the lines clash face to face With the malicious fiend On the battleground, all alone Side by side they appear Crippled and depraved And shaking with fear Father, mother, daughter and son Blood of my blood, heart of my heart Have we not been one? By grace now to be torn apart Vissupe attepisas Ancus eðði trātu in medíei Sīrobivotūtos Vissupe attepisas Father, mother, daughter and son Blood of my blood, heart of my heart Have we not been one? By grace now to be torn apart Father, mother, daughter and son Blood of my blood, heart of my heart Have we not been one? By grace now to be torn apart Vissupe attepisas Ancus eðði trātu in medíei Sīrobivotūtos Vissupe attepisas Ancus eðði trātu in medíei I am all I am one I am none I am gone I am born I am torn I'm forlorn I am reborn

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025