Retreat

Retreat
Withered soul
Seek light
Deft in sheep’s clothes
Calloused hands
Claim my pride
Forgive me
Passage to freedom
Denied
Lain asunder
Blood tears fall
Cry for my father
Echoes, empty hall
Kept in place
Afraid to run
Afraid to stay
Captured grief
Savage beast
Darkness preys
Thief of my
Smile
Grace
Faith
Whore on her knees
Wishing to be
Free
Breathe
Begging harmony
Wilted sanity
Fallen soldier
Decorate me
Desecrate, unfeeling
Dead I am
Unclaimed

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