Smoke rises and falls around me like a shroud
inhale, exhale, pause, and repeat...

She lay like her mother; no tears in her eyes
a thousand little flames around her bed flickered...

When punishment is over
and ive paid off all my dues...

He looks through the open window and sees; loss...
He touches the cracked and peeling paint and...

Mystical interraction
resplendent alchemy of mind...

Looking through the window of mans dissolution
victors of the past become victims of the future...

Melodies this night do justice in their right
to the dreaming beggar of strife turned alight...

Entwined the bleak and weary
quivering on bended knee...

His face is pulled and contorted at odd angles
unnatural smile upon his face...

A carousel circling leering faces.
Threatening in its repetition...