Infernum

Mangled by swift undertow,
Agonized screams thunder below.
Each pair of hands claw desperately,
Shredding whatever they can reach.
Determined to rescue the drowning;
I sought to end their hopeless howling.
A ladder built of my own home

Shattered beneath dead weight of some.

Then every soul who clutched my rope
Fashioned a noose for their own throat.
Despair brewed by futility
Infect my wounds with entropy.
I dive into the sea of strife
No magnanimous sacrifice.
My own heartbeat a hollow memory,

I hear death approach behind me

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Clock

Another sign of what awaits me.
Passes by and leaves me shaking.
Petrified, feel myself breaking.
Dim the light. Tears will not save me.
Mystified, fearful and pacing.
Soothing lies, futile words wasting.
You deny. Prefer obfuscating.
Heart ache our future, bleeding deeply.
Mistaken you'll choose her Forsake me.
Abandoned to suffer. Someday seek.
Tore our love asunder. Irreparably.
When you end this it's over. You'll have lost me.
Never mended, no closure. Clock's ticking. 

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Embers

A cautious beast, rigid conviction.
Scouts from trees before each action.
Clearest view of her position,
Quivers with anticipation.
Searing cold fire, restrained passion.
Struggles to silence such attraction.
Surrender bends until it's fractured.
Adventure can summon disaster.
Watchful steps forward, now he has her.
Lambent embers draw her closer.

And she prays this means he chose her.

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Please

Glimpse my innate savagery
Find the predator I sheathe
Recognize what lies beneath
Illusions of stability,
Shrouding traps under our feet.
Save me from my demon, please.
The soulless nightmare no one sees.
Every lie that I've believed,
Regretting when I was naïve,
Entropy, I perceive.
Haunted by the unachieved,
The future I will never reach.
Someone to know the truth of me,
To numb my fear with loyalty.
The date my pain has finally ceased,
When this world releases me,
A guardian I ache to leave,
To stand beside any who grieve.
Who'd tell my son fond memories,
And everything my boy may need,

To reunite us in his dreams. 

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