Smoke rises and falls around me like a shroud
inhale, exhale, pause, and repeat...

He looks through the open window and sees; loss...
He touches the cracked and peeling paint and...

She lay like her mother; no tears in her eyes
a thousand little flames around her bed flickered...

Melodies this night do justice in their right
to the dreaming beggar of strife turned alight...

Mystical interraction
resplendent alchemy of mind...

Entwined the bleak and weary
quivering on bended knee...

When punishment is over
and ive paid off all my dues...

Looking through the window of mans dissolution
victors of the past become victims of the future...

His face is pulled and contorted at odd angles
unnatural smile upon his face...