Crimson (Part I)

Corey Schuler
5.4.04

Amidst the obscurity
That's induced by blinding black
Stand the confused acuities
of a distraught and sickened individual

(s)he sees the world and vomits
the bile's acid sinking further through his/her hands
melting holes that revealed the world
outlined and splotched by crimson

could (s)he have screamed any louder?
as (s)he stared in horror at the haloed monsters
his/her perceptions reflections faded
again dominated by repulsion mixed with a sickening euphoria

the oceans swirled and lightning struck
(s)he cried as the illusion of control was lost
and panic swept the world and love was forgotten
at the core, (s)he could see the black fire that was the Earth's nucleus

through his/her hands, the tears fell
and soaked the now-red oceans of abomination
with each tear, a shockwave watered down the scarlet
but with each vile drop of bile, the sickness consumed

the infection spread and the fiends gobbled the pain
and as they basked in its malevolent iniquity,
the tears that fell from him/her were overwhelmed
by denial and a fierce loathing that was obsessed with self-hatred

the mistakes and hating grief
overwhelmed him/her and (s)he shrieked yet again
the sense to banish it was overpowered by the taste of defeat
through the hands the crimson ruled

through the hands that dripped emesis, the crimson ruled
through the holes that tears fell, black fire conquered
through the hands that trickled blood, nothingness dominated
through the holes, death blooms