He Who Sits Beside

He is not human... That was a choice made by himself alone.
He has no heart... That was a choice he forged with deep wounds.
He cannot feel... That was a choice he took for his own.
He cannot die... That was a curse he won with his youth.
He broke all trust... That was a bond he did not ask.
He crushed your damned soul... Without feeling remorse.

He knew all along... He knew all along...
That the shadow was emerging from his own...

Silence... it is until now you realise...

Humanity... is for the humans...
Judgment... is for the gods...
And Freewill... is for the taking...

Songs for the Living

The drums had begun the rhythm that cannot be undone.
Hear the echo, hear the song, hear the image then shown.

Alas the four play at last!

Follow the spirit into the netherworld,
Into the shadow from where darkness dwells...

They play for the morning's dawn,
They play until the sun is born...

Alas the four play at last!

Flowing...
Running...
Showing...

The crescent beating subsides,
For minutes to pass hours, for hours to pass minutes...
Darkness dwells amongst the chords of hellish delight...

Alas the four play at last!

Hear me a word of reason...
Just one word...
One word...

One word! To recall while I sleep...
To remember when I meet...

Alas the four play at last!

Spiders and Snakes

Amazed and wondering the inside soul,
Heavy black gloves came close.

A tickle down my spine,
A numbing bewildered smoke!

Shadows passing by, ashes arising every step.

Like the hunter seeking prey,
Face to face they met.

Pondering spirits they were,
Thundering glances they exchanged.

But mere words were left only
And the intension was killed instead of prey.

There was a reason.
There was my resolution.
There was my choice.

- Crazy World 2007

Restless Nights, Building Dreams in the Dark

I watch her work the stairway
That naked feature shining down on her...
It feels she's so far away
Watching me just as I watch her...

Restless nights, building dreams in the dark.

Blood stained fingers tend to create
Trusted hopes that linger without fear...

I could speak my mind to steal her glance
Or invoke a lion of dreamlike thought,
Just to look deep within her eye once
And show the prey that had been caught.

Restless nights, build me dreams in the dark.

Heaven Came Upon Us

Stranded, the tide was moving in.
Lifted the covers overhead
And away the new sun was rising.

The window had been opened.
The fire had long been burning.
The sand was clear... for now.

Heaven brought down upon us,
Just to dream of the afterlife
While we were awake.

Oh, guardian of the fiery wood
Saluting the star painted sky.
Play us a song to ease the madness.

To recall the earthly night
Would be to bring the sweet delight,
That places pure of devilish fright

Still echo with silence...

Throughout the night.

- Esterillos March 2007 -