to welcome the poison
to welcome the poison
burning all the way down fueling the fires of death
to carry every lust and love to hold on every regret
turning points of a crown tarnishes fleeting breath
to bury the gauntlet and glove calling in each debt
time to welcome the poison lost within or without
to wash the soul of all sin bringing out life’s reality
trying to get lips to moisten erase shredded doubt
to quash the dragon in a den in a damning finality
black envelopes the bright gives lie to all imagined
to follow a path into dark surrendering to the night
track the source of blight a place where lives blend
to swallow the willow bark entering the final flight
lethargy settles and spreads all the stars are dying
energy infused creating dreads covers up the lying