Alghazanth

Blood Beguiles Phantoms

Alghazanth


Sensations of anguish swallow me whole 
anxiety drills its way to the marrow 
the quill I dip in the red ink impure 
to compose poetry by which they are allured 

Mounted upon a three-legged horse 
my zest for life trudges forth 
an invitation to the phantoms unseen 
the kama-rupic rinds in betwixt and between 

Like souls of sinners in purgatory fires 
striving to escape the jaws of demise 
the remnants of unbridled human desires 
severed from matter by the kiss of the Scythe 

Concealed in the multitude of leeches 
yearning to feed on my vitality 
I can sense the intensity of their hunger 
to consume what is still left of me 

Predatory functions inhabiting not flesh 
as if vicious thoughts were floating around 
sharing the collective curse 
the compulsion of parasite paradigms 

Drained me dry and emptied my chalice 
leaving but an echoing well behind 
locked up I am in this dark chrysalis 
to hatch out devoid of body, soul and mind 

Wrapped in the multitude of leeches 
yearning to feed on thy vitality 
thou can sense the intensity of our hunger 
to consume what is still left of thee