Thrown to the ground The graven image of a savior Tallying betrayals To count them all down Frailty revealed The covenants are quickly tested But nothing here is healed Shackles shed have left deep wounds Seeing ones self in the light Recreated Redefined And will we purify? Savor the triumph of a thousand lies revealed? Ascend? Or will we end each other, end our own? Lost to the sands of time in chaos and despair Solace, intangible Seeking concrete definitions Revelation dealt its blows Hidden strings and hardened skins Behind, an empty cell Still limiting imagination Housing our despair And doubt in the self-wrought