Shivering silhouette Who painted this bloody sunset? A world revolving in machined grooves Sufferings in fated pattern with arms outflung Caressed by steel pins through hands, feet and time Where flies your thoughts to this or the next Reflections reform after interruption Shadows echoed throughout time In this pool or that sea The right to kill is dictated by the right to judge Waiting on cruciform tables lies the wreck of hypocrisy Simplified: What is right? Crusade, War, Persecution? Or random death Or even questions? How about answers? What are you afraid of? Is that a tear on your cheek? The earth will inherit the meek The spear was a needle Longinus wore a lab coat The latest dying junkie Fixed himself a fatal shot When that wound sun sinks And the ragged have shuffled home And the silhouette grows, dies It will be hard to imagine But all who revere you meet despair in your eyes