The Final Request

Her stare pierced through me Her stony figure stirred my spirits The heretics are slaughtered Their blood as sacrifice with their throats slit The marble screamed my name Took me to a sacred place Beautiful cliffs, lush pastures Alluring isles upon deep blue lakes But your grace cannot hold me forever I was taken aback, torn from your heaven Sirens once occupied this entire domain Where now utter silence remains Ancient poems, forlorn tales Enchanting ballads to escape life's maze O Goddess of time and space Nary a scholar has forgotten thee Now be praised and grant my plea Let it be undone what has come to be The ice has thawed, your reign restored My devotion as your life force So seek what thou wilt and take it from me And forever I'll honour and forever I'll kneel O Goddess of time and space Come sulphurous angels and ethereal demons All beauty shall fade and all men must die Like old gods spawned from a titan's seed Thy wheels and cogs grind bones to dust They move what was thought to last I'll flow with the wind and hallow thy name So give unto me what I failed to craft The morning sun came to cleanse my skin To scourge the wickedness and forgive the sins My flogging futile, my scars burnt The guilt too vast for my mind to carry So for pain my flesh years Her stare pierced through me My failures clouding and drawing her grimace Her dismay stings my soul Leaving me doomed to become more committed Thorns follow her voice Leave me no choice Enter my skin Through you I reach redemption Sirens once occupied this entire domain Where now utter silence remains Whatever hardship I may face I know, deep down, I don't have it in me O Goddess of time and space Entities died thought to be divine Vultures may come and feast on earthly remains Yet absolution in your presence we find The flesh is weak, the soul is foul Inscribed on me, divine design So I take solace beneath thy wings And beg that thou may grant me life