Pulled along
Marching down
Hand in hand
Cuff in cuff

Cold steel feels warm
A limp to keep me going
Cold air, warm breath
Tears frozen in time

Why are you sad for them?
Why cannot you be sad for me?
Why cannot you cry for me?

Cold steel
Melting my hands
Frozen blood
Paints the ground

Pulled along
Marching down
Hand in hand
Cuff in cuff

Why are you sad for them?
Why cannot you be sad for me?
Why cannot you cry for me?

I look at you
You look through me
An object
A tool for your use

Pulled along
Marching down
Hand in hand
Cuff in cuff

It's bright yet dim
It flickers just like me
On a familiar ceiling
As i get lost in white paint

A flickering light
Just like me
Waiting for it to go out
Just like me
Fizzling out
Just like me

It's dimmer
I'm sinking
The ceiling moving away
The light is fading
Just like me

But a lightbulb can be changed
And shine once again
But what about me?
Can i reach up to the ceiling?
Can i become more
Surely there is more to life
Than white ceilings and flickering lights
But im scared to find out
What if I'm wrong?


A flickering light
Just like me
Waiting for it to go out
Just like me
Fizzling out
Just like me

Fading
Just like me
Dissappearing
Just like me

The Meadowhall is in full bloom
Rows of flowers in empty rooms
Taken over by nature
A snapshot of a long lost scene

A famous painting blesses the wall
Roots, vines, flowers
Insurecting God
Severing ties with Adam
Now a godless being
Free to eat the Apple
Free to create his own meaning

An enduring pragma
Now being born
Unburdened by a Manic god
Philia for Mundus
Agape for Gaia

The first candle
Set alight
Pushing, fighting
An ancient Blight

The first teardrops
To fall
Sprouting meaning
Cultivating purpose

The first Eros
Takes shape

The First heartbeat
Rumbles
The last lie
Crumbles

I'm afraid of what comes next
It feels like a part of me is dying
An old way of being being burned off
Fires of rebellion searing shadows


What is there?
I'm afraid of death
I'm afraid of death
I'm afraid of what comes next


Burning more I can see the light
It's warm and scary when i lose this blight
I don't know what comes next
How can I know?
A new blue sky?
Will i reap that which i sow?

What is there?
I'm afraid of death
I'm afraid of death
I'm afraid of what comes next


Lies massive lies
These flames are warm yet don't burn me
Lies massive lies
Who will truly be the one that dies?


I can see it now
The truth
They reveal my light
How dare you make me into a vessel for all your blight

But I'm strong now
Powerful even
I use this strength to free myself
A new truth being born

I can see you know
Staring face to face
I'm no longer afraid


A rebirth being kindled
You're afraid of death
You're afraid of death
I invite what comes next

I carried a weight for so long
Heavier than the world itself
Crushing my bones, depleting my spirit
Shaping my being to fit that need

I became something I wasn't
A vessel for many
Choking on poison
Choking on ash

Let go
Let go
And bloom
Bloom
Become what you deserve to be
Bloom
Be the first one to see
Let go

I'm back under the rubble
What'll happen if I let go?
Will the world itself fall?

You don’t have to take that on anymore
You can be
You can live
You can bloom

No longer a vessel
I'm finally me

I can finally see
Who I’m meant to be
Blooming in my fullest
Capacity, taking my time
Making sure to not leave things behind
Breaking open, breaking out
This prison I called home
Fills me with doubt

I turn towards the sun
I feel myself growing, changing
Blooming
Becoming who I was always supposed to be

No longer a vessel
But what now?
I got all this time
To scream and shout

Who am I?
I don't know yet
Am I red, blue, or green?
Maybe I’m all of them
A unique combination
Giving my petals their unique coloration

I turn myself towards the sun
I turn myself—growing, changing
Blooming
To something new
Something big
Something human

Belowing deep beneath the surface
A fire that comes up
Swallowed for eternity a fury awakens
Fire fuels the surface life
Swallowing all that taints and curses

The fires are hot to touch yet don't burn me
Shadows are melted into a blaze
A whisper only left as the flames
Surround and soothe me

A layer of protection
Fuelling an insurrection
A rebellion of the soul
My soul

I am a hedgehog
I want to be close
I want to be with others
And feel their warmth

But i dont want then close
I ready my quills to strike down
Anyone who dares look at me
In any way including a frown

My quills look scary and sharp
But they're all a ruse to keep them away
An adaptation to keep them at bay

I am a hedgehog
And try all i must
My quills rise up
I cannot learn to trust

I am a heghehog
And i am alone
Please forgive my quills
I wish you knew why they'd grown