The Veil
[A single incision and the panic disappears Calm cold water overruns an imperfect system From sudden darkness to the brightest light, spiraling ever towards the sun; the cycle unending Drifting now, transient with no time left] Connected, I now travel beyond
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 04, 2026
He: Eyes are wide seeing for the first time, there’re new skies above me Feel numb as I rise from the ground, surrounded in beauty I never thought to be found Where my body was, there is nothing at all Where my skin once was, an ethereal gaping hole So cold but I am nothing at all, stoic and comfortable Floating softly, hover above ground Is this existence I have always had? An evolution of the highest form? World below me that I never knew But I’ve felt A new atmosphere, colors we've never dreamt before No sign of life, have I left it all behind? I must know Empty path unfound, lured in a nebula or void? No sign of life, I have left it all behind As I drift further on, no fear is felt on the inside Never thought, never felt this empty before Bestowed; to walk the other side Enchanted, intrigued in desolation But more elevated than any being Beyond Petrified, paralyzed by the hand of death The dark currents flow through my chest Frozen stiff, I’ve lost all ability Before me a swarm of crumbling graves, immobile I watch them rise from ground As I drift further on, no fear is felt inside Face to face, journey towards the sun Welcoming the sight of oblivion Oblivion Viduus: Behold, the reaper of souls Time at an end, your coffin open As a million graves rise from-
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 04, 2026
-Ground Viduus: This realm you've entered is of last existence, trapped forever among the memories of the damned You are vacant from your past life, you shall Endure what time you find here, in lifeless form He: Obscured figure why have you brought me to this place A beast before me, tall and cloaked, divine distorted face All sense of self left when I felt its embrace Numb and centered its dark ether fills my void Viduus: Into my domain, the hand of time restricts you By my command I demand you to lie into the ground By the order of the dark ones, your fate is sealed within the coffin before you Inside this realm, mere mortal men have no place amongst the Gods and spirits above whence you came I am more than you will begin to comprehend Inside the grave, embrace the end He: No! I will not fade away This will not be thy grave Return me to a past land Find my way home and live again Viduus: You fool Life left you aside I am death realized Imperfections not of pure blood Feeble dead spirit, you only cause yourself torment, defying your paths design Already ended you are nothing inside The odds against you, with your aura dissolved I humor you, attempt my defeat, destroy a god He: I bow to none I fear no being If I am to fall than so it be I will stand to my end Take me far from here back to my land Viduus: Your will, honorable yet so weak To face a God, unworthy I will satisfy your curious mind Stare into the skies He: No This cannot be my flesh Viduus: I'll bring you life
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 04, 2026
He: Beast before me I plead I beg to be blessed with the knowledge of I Retrieve my thoughts, recreate my mind I wish to know what and who I was while alive Enlighten me tell me of my demise, how did I die? Viduus: Now that I've seen your time, entered your thoughts glanced through your eyes There's much for you to learn, see and feel In my chamber all will be revеaled He: No hesitancе, voyage forth With many questions I bring Unaware of what lies ahead Walking the other side Viduus: As we carry on you may encounter haunting sights, my presence countering all light Travel close beside, nearing ever closer to our site Harrowing thoughts led weary minds He: No hesitance, walk beside Ill find the answers I desperately crave, ailment to subside My only thought, what I must do Embody flesh and live anew A vessel I need, to become whole again I'll vacate this cursed land And relive how I died From a soul to flesh Splitting between, half empty in separate forms Trust the Beast on the path to completion Fullfilment lying in the unknown, as we approach the structure ahead Viduus: A flicker or a glow? Could this mean just what it seems Gazing upon his creation unknowingly The attachment I foresee will destroy him indefinitely Still such tragedy looming leaving me intrigued The human mind flawed so unkind how would it to be? Creator of life yet born of fragility Sickening mediocrity In time he will know all, but first vessel recovered memory He: The energy overwhelming me Stimulating what is left inside What's growing within is unknown This connection familiar could it be My home? The vessel I need, not of this place I've been led astray The end of the line Viduus: Welcome, Creator
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 04, 2026
Viduus: The resonating glow, of being, of light inside this soul, soon to be on its own I've realized the unquestionable Discovery of relation to the one naive in this all He: This hell I cannot fathom Of what purpose are we here? I no longer understand Significance at play unclear How a room of trapped light will bring me home? Give me form, to re-enter My world Viduus: Remove the veil, enlightened mind Rеvealing true form, the sight for blind You will see you will feel it all. I will takе you there Eyes of the Ancients, in the place of your own Remove the veil, the holy perception Consuming, your hollow soul Resistance saved you, now you will see all that you have yet to know All will be answered, stay composed He: What are you, where are you taking me now? No longer will I blindly follow Viduus: Viduus thy name, the omni-seperator For those who fall I divide their souls Extraction as flesh dissolves He: I only wish to know, where my body lays as of now Learning all that you saw Reanimate the lifeless, exit the vast depths of this void, take me there For I am ready to go Viduus: Remove the veil, bear flesh to soul Revealing true form, to learn all I know Eyes of the ancients, await your own Prepare to go, back to death, back to your home He: For I once felt pain Once felt whole Viduus: You must embrace the path of the soul He: For now that I am nothing, nebulous result Take me back I wish to feel it all Once more
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 04, 2026
[The pain of death is not the first pain felt as familiar eyes pierce into me Just as they had before, every thought sinking deeper, burrowing into my form. These eyes now become my own. Uncoordinated pieces of my life and all the agony of my past flash before me. The anger, the sorrow and a river hit me like the rush of a drug I once felt powerless to. Brought to the ground convulsing I'm consumed suddenly as the colors slowly begin to spiral, from brown into hazel and then solid emerald. The storm grows louder with each step taken. I know now where I lay.]
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 04, 2026
He: The path of my soul guiding me to a river, filled by rain A shallow creek where my body washed away Peacefully dissolved within the rocks and the sand Contorted figure returned to a brighter land Viduus: Behold the resting ground, your mortal coil Buried and sank in earth, a plant beneath soil Wave of sorrow you could not overcome The choice you made to migrate toward the sun He: In stiff hands gripped tightly, a picture of her face, writhing Within, loving memoirs of disgrace Reach further inside to a fear I'd never face Regret and despair filled The mind I chose to waste He: The path of my soul guides me further down the falls Tattered garments, bloodstained blades and rusted needles I don't yet know what led me down these roads Collectively I piece together my sorrows Viduus: The evil of your feeble life devoured and controlled Craving to escape, you were bought then sold Told yourself this was to be the final time A choice you made to leave all behind He: In stiff hands gripped tightly, a picture of her face Written beside, was it love or a disgrace Moments unfold show a fear I couldn't face Divided, Dissolved, I left all behind He: Divided from her, I now accept thy hand Viduus: Dissolve this pain, there is more you must know He: Then I must know Viduus: There are two hearts that beat within her But there's no time We're drifting further
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 04, 2026
Both: On/No He: And all this time you knew of my demise As I walked blindly by your side Led to my fall, I wish to be released from it all Away from them, helpless as these worlds Divide Just let me stay The lair returns, were we ever there after all? Among the precious beings, untouched and still, waiting for time Among them is my kin somewhere resting I can't let it go Now that I've seen into my past Staring through thе glass of the Mirror which you presentеd before me As it showed what I had done Witnessing self reflection Viduus: You dwell as if the end, but we've only just begun We must move on Go now from this place Leave your flesh behind, it is too far gone Of no use to us He: As we're drifting on, catatonic and stone Resisting everything, unconscious Unable to accept I can't let them go I cannot go on When the storm planted its seed inside of me I could only watch it grow Out of control Surely she'll come Just leave me here, let me stay Viduus: Dissolve your pain body you can overcome this There's no time for you to dwell on decisions so selfish Viduus: To Gaze upon your final sights Your drowning form once filled with pride Before you, self-inflicted wounds Cemented inside a restless tomb You will not find peace without acceptance You've been given what many wish to see, a grand reverse Opportunity of redemption built from your will But this is not the being you've shown It's this or the end make the choice He: It shows the last breath my body had, underwater my eyes see mortally for the last time The wall between us, built higher than I could reach As I was left gazing down in emerald Your face is the last sight I see Viduus: Leave yourself in the past, denying all opportunities ahead of you To see your created life You must come with me now, there is no time He: I must drift on, say goodbye to the life I left Into the unfamiliar, distant haze But to see the one we've made Is worth everything With resistance now dissolved No resistance, we dissolve
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 04, 2026
He: A new dimension, enter inside One last chance at life? Their grand decision, my requisition Left to their eyes, I only pray they hear my cries Viduus: The elders await your plea Convince them your being is worthy Reclaim your form, renter the realms of time Your place is not above He: For now I know that I was wrong, after all And what was it worth to, always be right? No selfish thought will consume my being I had it taken all away in a hopelеss journey to the sun Inherit lifе again, to see growth in the one My decision decimated, the life I chose to waste My perception now revised with light A timeless place, formless beings Their outstretched limbs reach for manifested eyes They see me clearly, I feel their gaze Questioning my will, changing my once stone ways They: You took your own life, such great actions infinite We can not change the past Viduus: This soul has shown me strength, I believe in his will to change And like us, he is able to create He: But then I gave it all away in a hopeless journey to the sun Inherit sight again to see growth, in the one The veil lifted as I embrace acceptance, my perception grows I see all, as my vision, becomes infinite Connected, I now travel beyond Devoid of form, but aligned with space Now I will watch you grow, and in time Our meeting will come
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 04, 2026
[As you grow, though I may seem out of reach My eyes are with you infinitely I lead myself to this. Our bodies; transient but permanence is within all, there is no permanent form. It is our choices and what we leave behind. It is the legacy I lived and died. As memories of me fade away replaced by sands of growth and prosperity, I lay blessed with the sight Of light and darkness, colors never dreamt; Oblivion Sinking below worlds, drifting further-]
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 04, 2026