Staring at a crimson horizon, Watching the sun drown in the ageless sea And with a fervent promise, the gleaming ocean silently beckons me For I am draped in a cloak of shadows, Woven from everything not meant to be Though in fiery raiment, Fabric of universal scope, I long to be clad... eventuelly Like dying sparks we are But glow before we fade Unlit souls within Encased by waning shades Cold lava in my veins Melting my marrow The essence of my being Flows with extinct desire Erratically floating nowhere On the tides of regret Destined to fail, weary of trying To ignite the pyre in my heart Like dying sparks we are But glow before we fade Unlit souls within Encased by waning shades Feeble grins your sanity As you gaze upon the water Inside the flames of all that could be rise Or is it something darker? Searing possibilities Evoking oppressed visions Will the breaking waves devour your fire Or vaporize in your ambitions? Burn the insecurity A blazing kingdom of your will The world shall be Breathe the rancid stench of inadequacy The rotting corpses of your dreams Piled in a smoldering heap of decay From these embers moldes to char Under ashes doomed to dwell Everglowing fate of man Born unlit, captive eternally