The conflict housed within garden of my mind Has long since withered what had bloomed Within my fragile heart Choked out by the roots of compromised dreams Wilted and waning Bending to the aberrant image of the thief As we plotted to take my own life Please don't be subsumed by malicious lies You are worth more than all this pain We plunged his vile blade Into the failing flesh of this wavering wasteland In attempts of eroding the sacred seed of hope The king had sowed deep within my soul Safeguard your heart Keep your eyes on me Please don't be subsumed by malicious lies You are worth more than all this pain I carried this burden for so long I hope to shed this skin that I live in Is there purpose beyond the ache Or is this all life has to offer me Don't let me fall among the thorns Don't let me wither away Poisoning the soil Decay sets in Rotting out the roots Wilting the stem Withering beauty Atrophy remains Poisoning the soil Rotting out the roots I refuse to let this garden die To be usurped by another's aspiration You will not reap this harvest Devour the dust and descend to the depths Where even death won't dine with you I am promised a hope for a future This 'salt of the earth' is not destined for death