The Burden of Serenity
Poem / Song
The loosened noose succumbed to the truth
With a shovel at hand, I went outdoors
I started digging with no purpose at all
And kept on digging till the tidal nightfall
I dug till the tentacles of darkness reached out and touched my soul
The inky ichor from the abyssal abode slid off my thin caul like a silk-woven robe
Wielding none but a shovel, I stand, fissuring a way to the darkened heart
Farther out than leagues untold
There, I reached the sable freeze
I’ve found my way to the abyss below, the one with an obsidian cold floor
No above, no below— The knell for my departed soul died at the shores of null
The petrified mind chained an ossified heart and dragged it toward the crashing waves
The cranium waves broke upon the high walls of the void with a titanic heave
A beam of light pierced through the final weave
The shining light broke in from realms unknown
A tender palm pulled me out into a storm
And for years, I rowed across the oceans of the world
Lost and alone, I stared into the eye of Sol
And it stared back with a scorching blaze
A sleeper on a boat, paralyzed for eons in days
I finally brushed off the haze of the celestial gaze
The struggle raged in the abstract world
My chest nearly caved under the weight of wounds unhealed
With a wilting will, I pushed mountains so surreal
I logged my weight off the boat
Succumbed to the arduous dive back to the abyssal floor
Home is a warm but unbearable bore;
I was destined to where the hearts of gods break upon merciless yore
Let me go, Pandora, please, for I don’t belong in your vibrant dreams.
There is a place in the universe where my atoms belong
But it’s not here— Where your starlight keeps us forever young
Lyricized:
The loosened noose succumbed to the truth
A shovel at hand
I went outdoors
Started digging
Digging!
With no purpose at all
I kept on digging till the tidal nightfall
Tentacles of darkness reached out and trapped my soul
The inky ichor of the abyssal globe
Bled off my thin caul like a silk-woven robe
(Alone) I stand, boring a way to darker dreams
Farther out than your mundane disease
(Finally) I fell into its sable freeze
The forsaken path beyond abyssal seas
The silent void of solitudal breeze
No above, no below
The knell for my soul
Tolled beyond the shores of null
The petrified mind chained an ossified heart
And dragged it toward the crashing waves
The cranium waves broke
Upon the high walls of the void with a titanic heave
A beam of light pierced into the final weave
The shining light broke in from a bleeding cleave
A tender palm pulled me out into storms of hail
And for years, I crossed oceans with no sail
Lost and alone, I stared into the eye of Sol
And it stared back with a scorching blaze
A sleeper on a boat, paralyzed for eons in days
(Finally) I scorned the haze of the celestial gaze
A struggle raged, and the abstract world unreeled
My chest nearly caved under the weight of wounds unhealed
With a wilting will, I pushed mountains so surreal
I keeled my weight where there was no shore
Back to the arduous dive down to the abyssal floor
Home may be warm, but an unbearable bore
I was destined to where the hearts of gods break upon merciless yore
Let me go, Pandora, please, I don’t belong in your vibrant dreams
There is a place in the universe where my atoms belong
But it’s not here— Where your starlight keeps us forever young
Soon to be released as a song: For those who like Thrash Metal, hope you enjoy.