He traces glyphs along spine.
Ancient angelic language.
Felt… more so, seen than heard.
You may call it presence….
Essence
He carves and sculpts
The rhythm of a song
One deep from within in the earth.
As if the fire
Licking its way up throat
Scorching path across flesh
Leaving only the lingering
Tenderness
Week old sun burned skin
In shape of vest
His voice twist between those
Winding valleys as if signal
The ember
His passion guiding
Binding both shadow and light
He is warden
Tyrant of his own design.
To bend, and break, molding
World in twisted image
King
Benevolent still, patient in his will
Taking hold of his sin.
Each lash
Forth cometh the flames
A roaring furnace
Smith and forge is he not
Yet still
Shattering himself
Upon redemption
Born anew
To be forged again
Forth cometh the flames
Of transformation
Hell
Be a pitiable measure
To this his Crimson Prison.
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