This is an untolerable state
My mind rebels against these confines
Search for a way out;
Useless ambition
Channel this fear to a reasonable use
Kill the ones who are responsible

Seek revenge
I want the keys to these chains
My peace is shattered
I find what I am looking for

Finally

Sweet slaughter bathes my soul in blood
These people die in my grasp
I laugh
This is peace

To see the ones who run
To see my power absolute
This is my only release
My only key to this prison
I seek it nightly

Chambered rage seethes inside me
Continuously the battle
The constant death I crave
Eat the fear in their eyes
Feed on the beating pulse that pumps life's sweet nectar
I laugh again

This *is* peace
The only peace I can ever know
And the only peace that I could ever *want* to know
The beast inside me smiles
It is as I would have it now

Free to shackle myself
For that is what we all desire;
The keys to our own prisons
The ownership of our own chains

*Sardonic smile*
This is *my* life
This is *my* blood
So be it.

Shena Delian O'Brien
shena@darklock.com