Heartless

All our gods have fled Retreated to the skies From there they watch us fall Beneath unyielding scythe A cold and callous blade Indifference, swathed in blood Ageless, unafraid As fools, our end has come Ignoring signs We believed that we were blameless Then the harm could not be undone We hang ourselves from any rope put here to save us And seal our fate... together To die... as one Across the breadth of our existence A single moment to be snuffed out Shared blood that flows Sins unrepented No inclination to see the sword that’s crashing down Last burning breath filled with death and desire Our boundless pride becomes a funeral pyre The end remains, the only god we can’t deny All still believing... the lie of survival

Uncontested, dripping personification The putrid liquid washing all away In the edge of mind lurks bleak sacred monster Null incarnate, defeater all the way Locked within a spell This ritual repeats itself again The drained one, dancing in madness Inverse horizon stretched out Before the shivering frenzy The serpent whispers and the haze must return Again the moments stop Replaced by falsehood Perverted image of the self-arise, impure Non beginning in a self-fulfilling doomsday Believe in your own end And your wish will be fulfilled Unforgiveness thrives We cannot survive Time – we’ll pay the price You will not survive Finished in the dying of the flame A solitary piece, remainder of the sane A shattered bell in shadows still rings And the night crying bird laments the loss of its wings Even alone the wretched voice still calls On a not too distant day the sky is soon to fall The wounded one may try to search for sleep Even in deepest night the softest voice will sing When all but night has gone And hands are filled with dust There’s no one else who can take the blame For these deeds are yours alone And everything has gone away in ceaseless erosion In the languid sand the seeds of pain Are sown to grow once again

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025

Old cruel road, it never ends Tearing down every defense It leaves me, worthless Wandering, I’ve lost my way so many times From first breath to final rest I find the path always unwinds My sunken hopes are buried deep A revelation just beyond my reach And thus my journey’s brought me home again It’s not what it used to be Faded tracks recall my origins And rekindle memories Forsake that which I worshiped then A whole life in effigy Set foot on the cruel road again And pray this time will not leave me Wordless – the constant sting A future I will never know Forgotten loves left bitter tastes They died before a chance to grow Those days alone, fractured beliefs Left tattered scraps of former peace And thus my journey’s brought me home again It’s not what it used to be Faded tracks recall my origins And rekindle memories Forsake that which I worshiped then A whole life in effigy Set foot on the cruel road again And pray this time will not leave me Oh... Wandering... [?] Cannot let the old times be my captor The curse upon my life must be shattered Seize, control and slough away the shackles And tread the world unbowed Until my body collapses On the cruel road

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

Piercing stare... perceive the heart that I am holding Metallic trails... stream down my arms It loved to swear... upon the lies that it foretold to me And I: its pawn... guided blindly unto harm Laid so bare... all that’s visible is crimson Still feel its primal song... though hollowed out inside I prepare... to drink deep its well of wisdom Rend away the sinew... fitting, bitter ending to its spite In my hands To carve away A lifeless star Makes darkest day Beyond reprieve No more to stray Silenced call Extinguished flame There, it’s done – I’ve ended its dominion Blood red tyrant now overthrown Empty chest without familiar rhythm Its knowledge, mine – deepest secrets shown As cold as ancient stone This ruined heart has been disowned The pain is mine, and mine alone Its grievances at last atoned

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

In a little time so much has changed Here I am again in that familiar place Dreams may try to grow in the dark But no fire can burn without the setting of a spark I just want to give to you All that you have given me My searching heart cries for this This thing I can’t grasp A love somewhere within Given to roam in a vast and empty space A tiny glimpse of truth wrung from a simple twist of fate Help me to find a new way to tread So I might not be alone on the path that lies ahead I just want to give to you All that you have given me My searching heart cries for this This thing I can’t grasp A love somewhere within Try to forget the past But nothing ever changes Try to understand But nothing ever changes Try to lose myself But nothing ever changes Try to love myself But nothing ever changes Behind the eyes lies a truth so deeply concealed Somewhere inside is a place where the weary rest and heal Anger, fear, and regret keep the darkness at hand But these feelings are real All I ask, won’t you please understand?

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025