The Odour Of Sanctity

Entranced in devout piety

Blessed through Christlike suffering

Miraculously inflicted

Sacred wounds give way to light

The mystery of the cross

Transcending through time

To bring common man into divine pain

Carved in human flesh

A testament to the word of God

Ages wandering through scripture

Knees bent in endless prayer

Worlds apart from carnal indulgence

Yearning, yearning for the love of the Nazarene

Holy advent

Apparitions invade my sleep

Bearing iconic torment

Extremities

Transfixed with ancient iron

As seraphim weep at my feet

A violent final strike thrusts me

Back into consciousness

Delusional afflictions embodied

Endure in infamy

Infamy

Wounds left forever agape

Impervious to disease

Ambrosial odours emanating

Luring the masses into fervent belief

Sheep, so easily deceived

Eagerly seeking His omnipotence upon the earth

Pious psychosis floods the mind

Yielding self-inflicted crucifixion

Vigor deranged

Drove the nails in deep

Instantly rupturing tendons

A miracle defiled

Fraudulently wrought

A martyr to none