Blood for Blood

A breath of air for the first time in years interrupted by tiresome awareness Dreamless sleep in a murky vacuum cut short as an unfulfilled promise Back on this path? What the hell has happened here? Was finally dead How much left of this torture Morose, cold, and alone Feel just like home Promised deliverance annulled Liars everywhere Darkness shattered by light In the distance a comforting sight Watching the lands in which I've grown Become familiar yet wrong Betrayed again What of the silence? Laid out bare like a greyscale memory of all that was left, all that was loathed Loved ones mill about aimlessly as a white sun crests Marionettes of those tried who tried to help Drifting along as the damned Ignoring every move, every action Eerie reflections of the past Morose, cold, and alone Feel just like home Promised deliverance annulled Liars everywhere Darkness shattered by light In the distance a comforting sight Watching the lands in which I've grown Become familiar yet wrong Eye for an eye This once known place is now just a shallow reflection Pain for pain Features distorted in light but the treatments the same Life for a life Anger replaces despair as the grey turns to red Blood for blood Will no longer be ignored, will not accept scorn Faceless on approach Reactionless Look upon this, this is pain Externalizing all this hate Drag to ground, scratch and bite Stomp on the neck and grind it down What a surprise, still ignored? No expression? No repercussions? Continue on as if nothing happened? But the blood still stains these hands Eye for an eye Over and over again they're attacked with no recompense Pain for pain Efforts continue ignored as the rage subsides thirst begins Blood for blood Wander off now, find the well it's filled red with a note that reads Drink it in, feel again Breathe it in, suck it down. Blood for Blood --- Blood for Blood - Alustrium