Nightmare Withdrawals

I stood at the centre of all creation<br/> The elephant had left the room<br/> I can’t be the same thing to them<br/> And the same thing to you<br/> <br/> Abide by the rules of the atrium<br/> <br/> For me the apple tree does lean down low<br/> Yet I smell the foul fruit of your endeavours<br/> <br/> Like a love affair<br/> Between a civilian<br/> And an army deserter<br/> We were doomed<br/> <br/> Give birth to humble renewal<br/> <br/> For empty heads<br/> Control talking tongues<br/> The fate of the feather and the fate of the brick<br/> Equally weightless

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Black air and tombstones<br/> Adapt to blood trauma<br/> Systemic acquisition<br/> Of that which cannot be owned<br/> <br/> Life hate and vexation<br/> Evolved to sustain<br/> Blatant disregard of<br/> Organic breath and growth<br/> <br/> Gold dipped and bleached<br/> Embrace sterility<br/> Instant gratification<br/> Controlling microbes to leviathan<br/> <br/> We lay waste to all that is your gods

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Do you think your severed limbs will be waiting for you in heaven?<br/> It takes a special person to realise what they have lost<br/> Suffering is essential<br/> When atrophy makes you who you are<br/> <br/> I would hate for you to be missed<br/> At your turn to suck the cyst<br/> <br/> There are many nooses in the trees<br/> If you suddenly decide to be free<br/> <br/> You are not meant to see me<br/> For I am not for your eyes<br/> <br/> But you’re wealthy aren’t you?<br/> For misery is the world’s only true currency<br/> <br/> And at that moment<br/> Of your absolute realisation<br/> You will try to speak<br/> I will wash your mouth out with rope

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

The dweller in the threshold<br/> A world of nightmares<br/> Graves opening like flowers<br/> No prayers penetrate this frightful maw<br/> <br/> The stars turn and time presents itself<br/> This is the water, this is the well<br/> Drink full and descend<br/> The horse is the white of the eyes and dark within<br/> <br/> What year is this?

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Pulled from the shelf and cracked the spine<br/> Carefully freed like an aged wine<br/> Heroic love machine<br/> Bursting at the seams<br/> Sucking venomous faces<br/> Fingered in the right places<br/> <br/> Damaged delicate parts<br/> Remind me of the difficulty between forms<br/> I imagine my world without them<br/> The fucking sacrifices we make<br/> To continuously feed the mutations<br/> <br/> Forcing sentiment into difference<br/> Morbid calculation of the separations<br/> Contrary to popular belief<br/> We are bound to collapse<br/> <br/> Lucid visitations are beautiful<br/> I get the chance to wake up without you<br/> Duvet wrestling for another six hours<br/> Recollection can be a bitch<br/> <br/> But she aint got shit on you!

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Eyes shine like the blue on the back of a blow fly<br/> I’ve seen you in dreams, I’ve seen you in dreams<br/> <br/> Floating like the smoke from a fired gun<br/> In torturous slow motion<br/> I’ve never been told to do something by somebody<br/> More adorable or convincing<br/> I felt tempted to listen<br/> But I’ve seen how this ends<br/> <br/> The connection was a bastard child of time<br/> Nightmare withdrawals crept into my consciousness<br/> Reality bit like a saw scaled viper<br/> In my madness I accused the sunrise<br/> <br/> As the venom filled the gaps and I drift away<br/> I realise I was never too good at change

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Constructed and removed<br/> Captive and abused<br/> Enveloped and subdued<br/> Silverback parade<br/> <br/> Glaring stares etch scar<br/> Brittle bone and plexi glass<br/> Iron bars and sunlight fading<br/> Single serving enemy of life<br/> <br/> But your time will come<br/> Mother will erase you<br/> <br/> Carbon transfiguration<br/> Ancient law has seen to it<br/> <br/> Starvation, infection<br/> Disease and plague<br/> This is your demise<br/> You have been warned

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Denial is the first step<br/> Drenched veins<br/> Let the bloodletting paint<br/> Rorschach and delirium<br/> <br/> Blood refracts memory<br/> In the crystalline salts of saline demise<br/> <br/> Blank and empty<br/> We seek to interior decorate our breath<br/> With colour and meaning<br/> <br/> Let our sounds be the vessels of conviction<br/> And our touch be the action of truth<br/> Clandestine laboratories<br/> House escape like aviaries<br/> With doors left open<br/> House birds with no wings<br/> <br/> Sunken battleships litter your brain<br/> Like chewing gum litters ashtrays left in the rain.<br/> <br/> Sleep evades you like happiness<br/> Escape what you will but you will not escape death<br/> <br/> It’s not peer pressure, it’s just your turn

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

We blame ourselves for genesis<br/> We hold account for destruction<br/> Will we ever be worthy of this gift<br/> Forcing alchemy within<br/> <br/> Your earth from the fire<br/> The subtle from the gross<br/> Embrace the ascent and descent<br/> Receive the force both superior and inferior<br/> <br/> “By this means you shall have<br/> The glory of the whole world<br/> And thereby all obscurity<br/> Shall fly from you.<br/> <br/> It’s force is above all force<br/> For it vanquishes every subtle thing<br/> And penetrates every solid thing.<br/> <br/> And thus the world was created.”

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026