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Michael's Requiem

So this is what it feels like winning?

Trumpets sound our victory

I cast out your Light-bringer

So what now

Becomes of me?

 

You said my name is as Justice

Dared me be worthy of such a charge

I believed a divine purpose

And yet I'm blunting my sword

Is mercy blasphemy?

 

I've given all I have to give

For Heaven's sake

I'm not seeking your forgiveness

I won't forgive this

I dont want to see you when I wake

 

You pitted us brother to brother

Tested each our loyalty

Again you do to your subjects

Claiming proof of faith and fealty

- "prove your worth to me"

 

How can you hold any guilty

When you are pulling all the strings

Strive, struggle, and suffer

Desperation begets rotten things

 

If this is what's to be heaven

I wont stomach it

I exile myself in shame

For the part I played in shaping this

And Father, you stopped list'ning

But the mortals beg for you to list

If you wont hear them beg salvation

Than Father,

You can take my wings

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brass-knuckles-mike
37 / M / American
Published
Oct 19, 2024
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