Death stirs

Death stirs thickly
As the faces
Of unborn beings
Encapsulate
My mind

So many hands
Reaching out
For a help
That doesn’t exist

Clutching
Gripping
Grasping
Gasping

The self
That wants to save us
And the self
That knows it can’t

Tonight
They meet
Beneath the light
Of a blood red moon

They duel
And they dance
They cry
And they fall
In sadness
And in surrender

In the distance
Children scream
Mothers hope
Landscapes burn

All around me
Babies
Humans
Love & Fear

Death stirs
It digs
And it strangles

While the self
Goes into battle
Surrounded
By moonlit fire

Death is all
Around me
Before me
Inside me

I cannot beat you
But my
Hands can fight
My heart can love
And my head can pray

I cannot beat you
But I can walk beside
All those who
Fall in your shadow

Walk beside them
Never leave them
As we enter
The future of flames.