Paltry threads, unraveling in the tempest "Carefully observe all the savage gallows you are spared" Icy rain, suffocating viscous gravel "Further still we must travel through the penance of the bared" Flaming soil, prophesying humbling exile "Temperatures will fall, harmonizing with the ebbing dawn" Vicious rot, chaos rending salt and forests "Chronic winter thrall, divine arrest at the denouement" Color drains from my porcelain complexion, humor drawn Pulsing clots, boiling hot, tumors like drumming carillon Promised cruelty, incapacitating rivet lock Amnesty futile, rat caught in the talons of the hawk Stand in awe of his majesty Behold the emperor of naught Peering down at the behemoth Frightening though his claws are I take comfort, momentarily His grip cannot reach this far Trapped in frozen lamentation Gnashing teeth, horrendous Acid dripping from his pearl pupils Redilation portentous I still long to be consumed by soft white noise "Dust has not baptized your soul Repentance from offense opaque as charcoal Demands cleansing, scorching with pure, putrid woe" Putrid woe