Bethlehem

Thorn Of My Omnipotence

Bethlehem


Christ, thou pale queen of the clotted bloodrain 
Suffocate in the omnipotence of my 
death-bringing 
heritage 
that, shaped like a scythe, 
will be the last hand to the resurrection 

Buried in the noble evaporation of greed and 
penance 
My horror of the third cross yields 
to the sweet temptation of an unpure tasting 
little grave 

Blood 
Oh thou, my unpure flesh 
turn yellow in the present 
kill the tomorrow 
promise of the last dwelling 
brought to the grave 
forgive my nakedness 

Blood 
Hypocrite in me 
born of decay 
of anarchy 
of dead flesh 

Deliverance 
forgive me my shrine 
forgive me my soul 

Blackness 
The forbidden lines 
and always only death 
the unquenched thirst 
the copper scent 
the bursting inferno 
yet where will I be 
will be the virginity 
will be the faith 
of the writhing flame 
of my bestial blasphemy 

Blood 
thou blackened hope 
of my final judgement 
the dying me 
secured in a bloodstained cloth 
secured in very eternal peace 

Lost 
eternally lost 
stride into your death 

For know, 
where darkness reigns, 
I am.