Still Life

The sigh of summer upon my return Fifteen alike since I was here Bathed in deep fog, blurring my trail Snuffing the first morning rays Weary from what might have been ages Still calm with my mind at peace Would I prosper or fall, drain the past The lapse of the moment took it's turn I was foul and tainted, devoid of faith Wearing my death-mask at birth The hands of God, decrepit and thin Cold caress and then nothing I was taken away from my plight A treason bestowed to the crowd Branded a jonah with fevered blood Ungodly freak, defiler Pale touch, writhing in the embers Damp mud burning in my eyes All the faces turned away And all would sneer at my demise Outcast with dogmas forged below Seared and beaten, banished from where I was born No mercy would help me on my way In the pouring rain nothing is the same Vows in ashes I pledge myself to no-one Seethed and spiteful All shudder at the call of my name If you'll bear with me You'll fear of me There is no forgiveness in these eyes For any of you but one Dispel the mist for now Melinda is the reason why I've come She is waterdrops over the pyre A thistle in my hands Stained and torn, aged and brown Virtuous shell with kindred innocence I awoke from the miasma Passing swiftly through the moor This is here, waters stir And in the distance all that was lost If you'll bear with me You'll fear of me You'd never leave me to A fate with you

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 24, 2025

Marauder Staining the soil, midst of stillness Beloved fraternity to an end Red eyes probe the scene All the same Stilted for the beholder Depravity from the core Handcarved death in stoneladen aisles I hide the scars from my past Yet they sense my (mute) dirge This is when it all falls apart White hands grasping for straws Sly smile, poisoned glare behind Undisguised manmade nova Mute cry, don't dare to tread Searing beams tracking you down Adoring what never has been Some will bring with them all they have seen Searching my way to perplexion The gleam of her eyes In that moment she knew Thought I could not leave this place On this imminent day As I've reached the final dawn To what's gone astray What would they care if I did stay No-one would know What would they care if I did stay No-one should know Thought I could not leave this place On this imminent day As I've reached the final dawn To what's gone astray What would they care if I did stay No-one would know What would they care if I did stay No-one should know Still brooding, soothing calm That rigid, twisted face Blank godhead, tear my name Lost virtue, frantic lust Sly smile, poisoned glare behind Undisguised manmade nova Mute cry, don't dare to tread Searing beams tracking you down Adoring what never has been Some will bring with them all they have seen Searching my way to perplexion In crumbling faith I saw her Bearing her pain in the wilderness The gleam of her eyes In that moment she knew

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 24, 2025

Come into this night Here we'll be gone So far away From our weak and crumbling lives Come into this night When days are done Lost and astray In what's vanished from your eyes What came and distorted your sight Saw you benighted by your fright Come into this night Your plight alone Carry your weight You are flawed as all of us Come into this night Your only home It's never too late To repent, suffer the loss What came and distorted your sight Saw you benighted by your fright What came and distorted your sight Saw you benighted by your fright Come into this night When you're able To undo your deeds And atone with your lonely soul Once you're into this night All minds are stable Forget all your needs Lose the grip of all control

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 24, 2025

Kept warm by the light of the lantern Lost sight of everything tonight My presence blackens their pattern A pock in the healthy and calm Their scorn behind your back My promise would put them down No trace of reverence left Immemorial fire in their eyes I would perish at the given signal At the slightest touch from my soul Tainted prophet in flesh For all the plagued and lost Dripping sin Decision in stalemate Dare to feel death at hand Surprised me with its voice Through the forest came the morn Across the leafy pathway Their deeds smeared in blood For all to behold The council of the cross Must have sensed my coming The pest through the air With despise for squalor Lashing out at the poor I turned away my eyes In pallor escape from the end Fading time to leave from here And less to fulfill my task She would be safe and firm Nothing of this is in vain Taken away from stifling grace And saved from the past

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 24, 2025

By the turnstile beckons a damsel fair The face of Melinda neath blackened hair No joy would flicker in her eyes Brooding sadness came to a rise Words would falter to atone Failure had passed the stepping stone She had sworn her vows to another This is when no-one will bother And conceded pain in crumbling mirth A harlot of God upon the earth Found where she sacrificed her ways That hollow love in her face Still I plotted to have her back The contentment that would fill the crack My soul released a fluttering sigh This day fell, the darkness nigh I took her by the hand to say All faith forever has been washed away I returned for you in great dismay Come with me, far away to stay Endlessly gazing in nocturnal prime She spoke of her vices and broke the rhyme But baffled herself with the final line My promise is made but my heart is thine

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 24, 2025

Returned from a hibernal dream Voices fell like marble No longer by my side Gone all that would linger Ripped from my embrace Melinda reflected in shafts Red line round her neck Met the earth in silence White faced, haggard grin This serenity painted death With a halo of bitter disease Black paragon in lingering breath White faced, haggard grin This serenity painted death With a halo of bitter disease Black paragon in lingering breath Saw here fading, blank stare into me Clenched fist from the beautiful pain Darkness reared its head Tearing within the reeling haze Took control, claiming my flesh Piercing rage, perfect tantrum Each and every one would die at my hand Choking in warm ponds of blood At last, weak and torn, I went down Drained from strength, flickering breath Came with the moon The wayward in concious state Flanked and barred in destiny's end Underneath with hope in laches Swathed in filth, any would betoken Starlit shadows on the wall Finally there to collect me From the bowels of sin

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 24, 2025

Still it came passing by The pieces weaved together rose the sun And fooled me with another day The knocking message called for my life Sealed the spell of my scrawny body Soil to skin, my next of kin Damp air grasped, stole the words And greeted me with a hiss This is forgiveness, so I know Once I repent I seal the lid I slither for you and I'm dying I find trust in hate They wear white for me Seemingly jaded and lost I forge myself into your dreams And here I am your life Hangman, clutching at his tools I will come for you The noose is tied Murmur through the crowd Plunging into anywhere but here Cloak-captured sighs of relief As the primal touch brought me back And the last sight I did see is still here Beckoning right behind me

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 24, 2025