Once morale and deed Rest from me Wresting me Hubris swayed the plea Shelter me Better me Laureate of greed Craving me Hating me Drunk with apathy Stoic effigy Never cede to leave Never strive to breathe Prison without walls Blinding cold Nihil wrought Woven in my blood How to hold Flee from nought Veil of Isis bodes May it fold Truth be told Unforgiving flaw Brought to me this war Purpose was my all I became its whore Limbo monument Desert of intent Hurt rests solemnly On every heartbeat I yearn to craft an end by my own will Alas, a stranger to master the skill May dawn bequeath one True artisan Madness beckoning Goading at me Isis gains entrée Lift her veil away To silence history, dreaming no more Setting ablaze all the bridges to yore I must redeem one Truth of my own