Inferno's Burden
Who knew when I took my first breath of life
That I would step into such hatred and strife?
I once was a Maximal, long ago,
Though there isn't really that much to show.
I am too insane for the straight and narrow.
There is Providence in the fall of a sparrow.
Oh yes, I remember the little brown flyer,
The horrified look on her face when I fired.
Where is she now? A voice, in the back of my head;
"You fool! It's too late, your angel is dead.
If you listened, you could have changed this war,
But you chose to ignore your Maximal core."
I walk on a wire, between monster and mech.
Sometimes I'm fine, and others a wreck.
It's the fire inside me that eats at my soul,
That constantly gnaws and tears a large hole
That nothing in the universe can fill;
Not the Queen, nor the desire to kill
And raze the whole planet to the ground.
Though I may seem free, I am forever bound
To the dancing flames, Inferno's burden.