Darkness crept in
A silent yet deadly foe
Against those who hold on
To this life
We take for granted
fun was waving through
The blades of green grass
As bows twanged and arrows whirred
Through air then flesh
Laughing and glitter
Dresses and suits,
was the background sound of
The rope gaining weight
Lost without a head
Bobbing in the waters
A cellophane wrapped body
Without legs, unable to run
The fire and its deadly touch
Searing, singing, burning
The machine beeped along without a heart
And silence when it stopped
The squealing of the tires
The cheers of victory
Sounded then
The boom of finality
The knife-edge balances
Its edge glinting red
The light was leaving
And darkness came creeping in
The axe hit wood
With a final thud
Flesh hit the ground
And the throes stopped writhing
A mind lost within bars
Insane was this verdict
Then into the flame
Running to this place of safety, into death with welcome arms
Standing tall and falling
Holes were blown inside
Blood stained the puddles on the ground
As the metal cut in all the deeper
these poor souls are lost
in this world without places
to rest their far too weary feet
their eyes having seen too much
their eternal unrest
forever more