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The Shadow Rises

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A composite of 'The Closer I Get The Worse It Becomes' and 'The Shadow Rises' from the Archetypical Book.

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My poisoned pens
are all poised at me,
Because I fail to be there
regularly.

I let the nastiest parts of me
(the critic, the boss, the bully)
get in the way of me,
fully.

Cos that 'I'
is always in the way.
The 'I' filled
with self-doubt and dismay.

Who blocks
the view
of a hopeful
and needful you.

And I became
just another mouthpiece,
who couldn't
offer any sense of peace.

Because this brain
is masturbatory.
Same old
self-fucking story.

And it all ends
in a big comedown.
Mania will always
end with a frown.

As the dip and the drop
kicks in again,
and I run low
on serotonin.

“Hold out for the peaks!”,
I to declare.
But instead,
I just stop and stare.

As I drown in inches
of dirty water.
Not prop myself up,
like I ought to.

Layers of filth
accumulated around me.
My skin became dirt
my limbs embedded in ground.

I couldn't be cleansed
it wouldn't go away.
I was being swallowed.
I was being buried.

I used to be human.
I used to be whole.
But I've been broken
into pieces.

I am broken.
And I break others.
I am no longer human.
I am no longer human.

(I'm still here.
I'm still here.
I'm still here.
I'm still here.)

Under the weight of who I am,
Under the weight of what I've done,
Under the weight of what I've not done,
the weight of failure.

(I'm not a bad person.
I'm not a bad person.
I'm not a bad person.
I'm not a bad person.)

Compressed in the crust,
I fossilise in this pit.
I turn viscous
and melt into the core of the earth.

(I'm trying to fight this.
I'm trying to stay alive.
I'm trying to stay solid.
I'm trying to stay here.)

I taint the molten rock,
cooling it
to a blackened husk.

(I'm not toxic.
I'm not toxic
I'm not cold.
I'm not selfish.)

I eat light.
I eat life.
I eat dreams.

(I can bring happiness.
I can bring joy.
I can help.)

I swallow the core,
grow bigger and multiply,
flooding the planet
with my disease.

(I can't hold it all in.
It's taking over.
I am becoming
This disease.)

The trees die,
cancerous trees
beasts roam.
the sky falls down.

Everything I touch
turns to dust.
It all falls apart
under me.

This world is left barren
by my toxic touch.
Those I love
will suffer.

I leave this place,
twist into space,
shut the stars off,
and eat planets
just for fun.

and all that's left
is the empty blackness.

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from Archetypical Remastered, released April 8, 2021

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