I've taken for granted the reach of my voice

Host to the outbreak, opaque blades of noise

Chaos evolves

Myself, a part of me must die

To make the space for growing light

The past devolves

With time, don't let it define

Why run from what remains behind?

Unclasp my hands

Let go of dead weight, outgrown

Constricting me around my throat

My words, my last

Who knows when death will crawl through my window

Before I go, you should know.

Fire is where life is made

Burn within, hear the pain

Blacken my eyes, char my name

Throw the ash in my face

Near my wards

It constellates inside my brain

Wear the scars, claim the shame

Now the fire, weakened flame

There's new growth after the blaze.

My skin bled and dried the wounds

My eyes watched it mend

My teeth gnashed these words of suffering

So my mind may transcend

Are your ears burning in likeness

In crisis we all unite.

Redesign my biased mind

Born to bind to the worst of times

Growing a voice within me

As loud as the darkness, I believe.

Oh, dark matter will ossify

Corroding my reason

Coalesce in my soul

I ossify

I blacken my eyes.

Axis of ice, frost of my spite

I create the mold

Orbit with heat, I increase the cold

To keep my world under my feet

I cannot defend what's growing within

Set fire to my skin

Embers escape, all that remains

The crux of what I am.

Noose in my voice, weapon of choice

To suffuse my sable void

Dark matter, no light emits

I'm starved of life, full of regrets.

We've taken for granted the reach of our voice

Host to the outbreak, opaque blades of noise

Chaos evolves

The world, part of it must die

To make the space for growing light

The past devolves

With time, don't let it define

Why run from what remains behind?

Unclasp my hands

Let go of dead weight, outgrown

Constricting us around our throat

My words, my last

Who knows.