There Was Death

As he lay on the verge of death The house soaking in grief A last request while blood flows in his veins A valediction Time enough before the beckoning grave Who would deny a dying man's wish? Too late to wake up to the fullness of this cruelty Feel his desolation curse this callous fucking vanity I see no way back, a closing door, so plead no more And as he slips away, severed cords fall. Who would deny a dying man's wish? Who would decline this final wish? Too late now this loss is eternal No healing this agony ingrained. Sorrow seeps, Freezing cold beneath my skin. Hope lies broken Dead within Your choice No I won't be here Wretched and scared Your choice No I won't be here Broken frail Your choice No I won't be here Denied, forsaken, rejected, blamed Your choice No I won't be here Dead and gone I am ashes I am ashes I am ashes I cannot reach you. Who would deny a dying man's wish? An angel to all, innocent soul

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 25, 2025

Cast out Exiled Burn each memory All defiled Erased us from time A living death now asigned Damnatio memoriae Broken Confined Scared and paralysed So reviled Erased us from time A living death now asigned Damnatio memoriae Living through death - everything melting away Crying out crying out - everything falls away Facing separation eternal From days of suffering darkness Nothing left but the end of life Nothing left but the silence I see no remorse Erased from time No sorrow, no shame Curse us in our pain. Reject Decline Forget the years Hateful lines Erased us from time A living death now asigned Damnatio memoriae Living through death - everything melting away Crying out crying out - everything falls away But something has warped inside A world of selfish excuses And now compassion has bled and died So goodbye so goodbye so goodbye. Damnatio Memoriae

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 25, 2025

With sorrow you row to a land sick with rot That which has passed may not be undone Yet guilt wars with love and coldly compels To seek salvation through suffering Your trials, your flaws Made for you a shroud You turn from the darkness But running, it grows Truth is a sword To plunge in your heart Or make battle with gods Who won't hear your prayers The hardest battle, fought in your mind It's not your own end that you fear The corpse-fog swells, within hides death Even obscured you still know the path Darkness speaks and you listen, why? A voice screams "Turn back!", another cries "On!" Your own mouth is silent Save for wails and screams Through fear you persist Your blade, your redemption Your shame, your armour Your bleak killing flaw Those gods lie defeated Blood flows 'cross your skin It nurtures the earth Brings flowers of light This land you now claim Raw and absolved In hell how you've suffered You've strived and you've won Yet still the weeds grow in Your garden of remorse Your pain was for nothing Your bleak killing flaw

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 25, 2025

Ghosts of vanquished lives Haunt your oppressers You were spared nothing To supply their greed Ghosts of enslaved lives They had their heaven You who had nothing Show them suffering Helpless, you watched your children die One by one Each one damned from birth You loved them all, your pride, your joy No one knew their worth Their children thrive and revel in riches Gods who watched you fall They have more than they will ever need They will ask for more Ghosts of parlous lives Paupers and pilgrims Broken and blinded You have lost your way Ghosts of erased lives You have no headstone To mark your passing From a cursed life Imprisoned for trying to survive Taking enough to stay alive From their stores of plenty Caught in your misdeeds Paid in blood for your crimes Broken down before your time Nothing of you remains behind. You who worked so hard for pittance You who had nothing to call your own Helpless you watched your beloved suffer You who begged before their thrones Haunt them all in their filthy splendour And bring them broken to their knees Haunt them all in their filthy splendour And bring them broken to their knees Haunt them all in their filthy splendour Observe them crawling at your feet.

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 25, 2025

Consistently drip-fed insidious malice What is a child to believe? They are the victims too I mourn the dead and I grieve for them Sorrow returns again and again. Grief for the dead and the living who Hate as these victims do.

Submitted by The Void — Apr 25, 2025

In my death All will die We will be Freed from time Fraying ends Of our lives Fly as one All in line In an instant Everything melts away Universal and swift our decline Ending all time There was death There was grief Were you here Did I leave? Voices spoke There was light Without thought Without sight Braced myself and I watched you cry Felt the outside rushing by Where was the ending, when did we die? Watching, waiting as we fly. --End of-- --Nothing-- Beginnings, endings all in line Something exists outside of our feeble minds And so we were mistaken Imprisoned in our time Tied up in the boundaries Of our symbols and signs Of Science of religion Chained to these confines.

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 25, 2025

The fight is really over this time They had to win the war And showed us the depths of their cold indifference Walls within walls Impenetrable distances Relinquishing the hopes of many years So much foolish hope So much regret So much pain Everything in black and white in their eyes Everything in black and white is disguised The colours and greys moving in and out of shadows in my world within Walls within And one day I understood Some things can't be saved Nothing will remain Where nothing has been changed Open your eyes Even decay, even the broken things Everything looks good in their black and white You can't see the blood or the filth or polluted skies You can't see the world like that this time Outside the walls it's another crime inside the heart it's another crime There on the screen it's another crime They've tainted our world They've broken mine. Everything in black and white is disguised Nothing left in black and white in my eyes

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 25, 2025

Hands are held Within your hands Every breath a gift Laughter rings within your walls A room they fill may silent fall My Sorrow is yours Photographs adorn the walls Where autumn sun Long shadows cast Memories of treasured times Burning hearts lock tears inside Hands were held Within these hands Every breath a gift Laughter rang within these walls A room they filled now Silent falls

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 25, 2025

Flightless bird How will you flee This winter's grip This frigid sea? Lay down to sleep Your Mother's nest And be at peace In eternal rest Return to dust Return to dust Return to dust

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 25, 2025