Monarch

The monarch of silence condescends to speak Foreign and familiar eyes meet through a temple haze Surrounded by smoke that consumes a cloud of confidence Witness to the purity of penance Before the bond that holds us together No more space between death and woefully unclean The guilt and the shame, can you take it all away? As soon as I graze you, it's over for me The guilt and the shame, can you take it all away? Afraid to embrace if for once you could keep me safe Afraid to embrace Will you go away? Restore my grace Will you be waiting? I have no intention to stay For the first time, you met me where I stand Wrapped me in drapes of your immortal embrace to cover who I think I am Tremble All questions erased No more space between death and a sealed fate A forbidden gaze Unraveled at the sound of the throne room-shaking The guilt and the shame As soon as I graze you, it's over for me The guilt and the shame, can you take it all away? Afraid to embrace if for once you could keep me safe All this time I was afraid of dying alone My first breath extended in the palm of your hand My final belongs to you, it was yours when we began

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Feb 23, 2026