Caress the Grotesque

Even beauty must die: That which subdues both gods and mortals Leaves the steely breast of the stygian Zeus untouched As I wake I hear these words in my mind Their meaning is one that I cannot find My head it pounds with a tempered thought Did my eyes betray that which I sought? What was his gift for I can't ignore The question posed now as before Once and once only did love soften the lords of the shadow Then, on the very threshold, he sternly revoked his gift What was his gift for I can't ignore The question posed now as before I can't begin to realise That I'm the one to which they empathise Aphrodite herself has no power To assuage the hurt of her lover His tender flesh ripped by the cruel boar Nor can the godlike hero be saved, deathless mother At the Scaean gate when, falling, he achieves his date She rises out of the sea With all the daughters of Nereus And the mourning begins for her glorious son All good things must come to pas, too soon Perfection dies Trusting vanity, fading Perfection dies Look back, the mirror shows, Narsus Perfection dies Grieving for what I lost, slowly Perfection dies See! Where the gods are weeping And the goddesses, all of them Weeping that beauty passes Perfection will always die Good, a lament in the mouths of loved ones What is common goes to Orcus unsung And the mourning begins for her glorious son... All good things must come to pas, too soon Perfection dies Trusting vanity, fading Perfection dies Look back, the mirror shows, Narsus Perfection dies Grieving for what I lost, slowly Perfection dies

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

Withering beneath my feet My eyes that scorch the earth dilate I drink the rivers dry each year I drown my freezing pain To quench my endless thirst again Will take more than the falling rain Anti season sister cold Has faded and has watched me grow And now I walk among you A source of life to all I see A single glance to the weak Can reverse that state with ease Burning, feel me weaken you Fading as I linger Sweating, lifeblood leaving you Closing in much tighter Who would want to live against The mightiest of elements Feel the wight, my burning heart Tearing land and life apart Seasons go, I come again Eternal, blessed lions mane I take my place among the stars Looking down from afar You to me are lumps of meat Cooking, basting, excrement Some worship me and travel far To sleep at night then back for more The key to life, I give birth to all Omnipresent fireball I yearn and cry Break from the earth to azure sky Above me lies my natural realm Divinity from where I fell To live again, to rise once more A demigod to those who went before, once more Blistering, dehydrate Your throat it dries, your skin it flakes But bathing you in warmth I seem to fill you with a love of life To appreciate all that I am You must overcome, adapt, survive Anti season sister cold Has faded and has watched me grow And now I walk among you A source of life to all I see A single glance to the weak Can reverse that state with ease I yearn and cry Break from the earth to azure sky Above me lies my natural realm Divinity from where I fell To live again, to rise once more A demigod to those who went before, once more

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

I control my life, mastery Ride long internal unity I know myself and you know me A fervent soul flying free Take your life and join with me Infinity, my words live on The eternal shrine, indesinent, amarathine Aeonian The words you hear Taste the salt within these tears Perpetual, unending, evergreen, infinity Mastery Walk with me and drink of all that I am infinity Know you this, that I am the essence of man Empty illusion, who do you think I am? A mortal passion, The plague, man In one dimension, I like to live this way But who controls me? I can't say Day is breaking, look up into the sky Breathe deeply and ask why 'Cos I can hear you, yes you are known to me The only difference is I'm free Separate, I fade with time Kargan Tor now satisfied And you who cannot understand Can only laugh, your head in sand Join with me a timeless land

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

Too weak to stand crawling in this darkened place Of my being there is no trace Hnad of wrath it greets my pain Tyrant kin still holds the reins This famine soil sees this flower spoil Enshrouded in darkness Every sound now strikes fear Alone in my kingdom, no one knows that I'm here No clues given in this unlit tomb Bizarre extension to my bearers womb Open my eyes that lie here drowning in tears Open my mind to the long lost years Tormented silence somehow beckons my dreams Perpetual anguish, how fruitless it seems Incarcerate... Void existence Disregard... Non entity Experiment... No resistance I'll never find tranquillity Glaring eyes are hounding me Not understanding what they see In an attempt to reimburse Presenting me an empty purse Blinded by the mystery A testament to atrophy Incarcerate... Void existence Disregard... Non entity Experiment... No resistance I'll never find tranquillity Living by the rules that my wisdom permits Under the guidance my senses remit No light to reach for, there's no reason to doubt No hope I can will for and no reason to shout Open my eyes that lie here drowning in tears Open my mind to the long lost years Tormented silence somehow beckons my dreams Perpetual anguish how fruitless it seems Joy of knowledge, I'll never taste Potential mind has gone to waste With their test they'll apparently Recuperate my infancy Inculcated with nature's way No common ground on which to sway Born again immaculate Petrified inanimate Innocence whiter than snow Pure to a world I'll never know

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

Another life finds me numb Permeate my weakened veins Motion Confusing me Marble dance in ecstasy Endless worlds beckon me Opening my brainwashed mind Feeling the shape of where I have not been Tasting the rage of the ice and the green Falling through the light, the few become one Beneath the sad eyes and the weight of the sun Feed on me Laugh at the sky and its love for the ground Touching the rough, odoriferous sound Eat of the fruit and the bird in the sky Rejecting the Zen, understanding the dry Season the sect of the seven unseen Gaze from the path to the bold and the keen Once here now stay Blood turns foul grey Orb is the seed, lust draws my eye Craving the tree as the river runs dry Beauty caresses, senses I bleed Stare at the rain to the one that I need Dark final rape Forging the blade, mapping the spine Ripping and tearing the flesh that I climb

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

My dreams are not my master My thoughts are not my aim Triumph balance with disaster Two impostors one and the same I have heard the truth I've spoken Twisted now a trap for fools I have had my life's work broken To start again with worn out tools Held my winnings in one hand And risk them on a single horse Lose and start at my beginning And never tell about my loss Driven hard, mind, heart and body When all is gone Held on still even tighter To my will which screams to me 'Hold on' I've kept my head when those about me Losing theirs on me they blame Trust myself when other doubt me Allow their doubting all the same Driven hard, mind, heart and soul To the point when all is whole Driven hard, my heart Driven hard, my soul Driven hard, is the way that I see this world I have waited and not grown bored Lied about, not dealt in lies Some men hate me but I not them Don't look too good nor talk too wise Talked with crowds and kept my virtue A common touch Friend nor foe can ever hurt me All men count with me but none too much I fill each and every hour With sixty minutes of distance run Knowing that no man can touch me Gazing straight into the sun Mine is the world and all within And, which is more, I'm a man my son Driven hard, my heart Driven hard, my soul Driven hard, is the way that I see this world

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

Living safe and happy with friends far and wide In this community with people by my side So why did no one notice when four years ago I died Why did they not find me On the first day that I died More were soon to pass on by Before there came the rancid flies The first week I but wondered The second puzzled me The third then made me realise that a fourth was yet to be Here I now lay How long must I remain Why must I be seen this way I have had my time Did I need to die? Now low here I lie Letters fall to the floor Watched by silent eyes Every know at the door is met by soundless cries I live in debt and pay no bills, still I have my home No one cares so no one knows, tell me why this should be so Laying here, serenity Silent heights, a lonely climb Melancholic company I've been absent for sometime The first year was so lonely The hate grew in my mind Three more years were soon to pass Open the door to a gruesome find Here I now lay How long must I remain Why must I be seen this way

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

Unjustified, condemned by my guilt I feed on the innocent No mercy I need, obsessed by my thoughts Unleashing my need to kill Control's all I fear, increases all I hate Darkness impairs my vision, destruction is your fate Destruction, your fate No more rage, no more pain Life or existence, truth or a lie What is the truth, which is the lie Voice in my mind asking me why Deformed or a freak, victim to die See through the dark, blind in the light Bow to the weak, willing to fight No more rage, no more pain Pure adrenalin rush, this host in which I lust Unholiest of sins, the pleasures I win Satisfy my need, the hunger I feed Soulless, in a maze of deceit I shall live eternally Your torture I need, your tears are my blood Your screams are the air I breath Controls all I fear, increases all I hate Darkness impairs my vision, destruction is your fate Destruction, your fate Pure adrenalin rush, this host in which I lust Unholiest of sins, the pleasures I win Satisfy my need, the hunger I feed Soulless, in a maze of deceit

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

Everything that I do, everything that I say Everything that I am, everything within my day That you once thought was me No longer lives, no longer breaths But held within is hate and rage Suppressed when I'm in company To see my true self, to own my soul No man shall have that hold on me I now acht my life, my life so well And show you who you want... ...To see my true self is to own my soul No man shall have that hold on me Which is why I now act my life this way And show you, show you what to see This is not me, but what I want you to see this ain't a change, but what I will always be The skin you see and recognise Beneath there beats a different heart Beats as sure but you can't see that I now play a different part Blind before but now I know My true self and all my goals All this time I never showed Everything that I do, everything that I say Everything that I am, everything within my day Emotion is a curse to which I never bend Don't look deep into my eyes Their vacant stare offends Everything that I do, everything that I say Everything that I am, everything within my day This is not me, but what I want you to see this ain't a change, but what I will always be

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

Death and murder, sex and rape Blood and slaughter, mindless hate Incessant, violent, saturate Fear and loathing, spite and greed Insane, cruel, psychotic breed Gore soaked anger, watch them bleed Set the trigger, sit and wait Life and fiction integrate Feel compelled to imitate Mind now set, plans I make What I've seen I cannot fake Reject conscience, life I take Feelings latent Growing, breeding I see, I hear, my way Death and murder, sex and rape Blood and slaughter, mindless hate Incessant, violent, saturate Mind no set, plans I make What I've seen I cannot fake Reject conscience, life I take I see, I hear, my way Feelings latent Growing, breeding

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025