Hollow Mirror
Like a string connecting me: Cannot break what we can’t see Like a cord when stricken: Resonates in my veins At the edge of each our tragedy Echoes across the void Locked by a bond that we cannot sever Both of us carved these scars Forgiveness torn apart Connected even as we fall Radiance is turned to gray Heal the wound – the scars will stay Life will fade the colors like rain on paper At the edge of each our tragedy Blankly staring across the void The rift we tore between us ever deeper Across the edge of each our tragedy Veins connecting across the void This string like a bridge between us I still feel you Across the edge of each our tragedy The veins grow in our scars Dreams washed away like rain on paper Across the edge we scream our tragedy Forgiveness torn apart The bond we cannot sever ever stronger as we fall
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 04, 2026
{Verse} Beautiful scenes, a dance on glass Fairytale ending set for failure They say I should just give up They don’t know! No-one can read what lies before us {Chorus} Endless endings in the book of life You can’t see the last page, it’s not written yet {Verse} Wordless promise spoken: let this time never end My dear, let us dream ’till it’s over The song still plays! Let us dance Broken glass All stings break sooner or later {Chorus} Endless endings in the book of life The chapters you read is what you have inscribed Only know the rhythm to the dance we tread You can’t see the last page it’s not written yet *Spoken* “Hope is an illusion we feed ourselves Two mirrors reflecting each other eternally All glass breaks sooner or later I know the last page” {Chorus} Endless endings in the book of life The chapters you read is what you have inscribed Only know the rhythm to the dance we tread You can’t see the last page it’s not written yet
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 04, 2026
{Intro} Come, embrace me, my love See! Ashes within I search for beauty for within me there is none {Verse} To your knees you fall in awe and fear Colours never brighter than this – tell me what you see! All you see is true: I am the dream alive I relieve your emptiness {Chorus} Have this dance with me So beautiful you are Let me have your light {Verse} I demand undying adoration Don’t question what you see! This halo could be yours Expect me not to give All I am is emptiness {Chorus} Come, embrace me now, my love and feel my halo Twirl in my kaleidoscope, see the sights you never saw Closed heart, open wound Light shines ever stronger Fear me not! All I am is ashes within *Spoken* “Embrace me, my love!“ “I… I can’t..” “See! I have laid my heart bare for you! Is it not beautiful? “No, what have you done? You’re bleeding!” "Tell me, what do you see?" “I – I can’t….” "Tell me" “It’s empty. All empty!” “Empty? I have given all this – for you! Is it not beautiful?” *Scream* {Chorus} Come, embrace me now, my love and feel my halo Twirl in my kaleidoscope, see the sights you never saw Closed heart, open wound Light shines ever stronger Fear my love All I am is ashes within
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 04, 2026
In the grey daylight words will fail us You see through me I'm made of glass I broke the promise in the grey light Now each of us walk alone Now I see the sights you never showed me Behind the curtain are walls of stone I walk in the chambers of your heart Each step I take tears you apart A broken promise in the grey light Now each of us walk alone With each step I take, you bleed I have wronged you You can’t forgive I walk in the chambers of your heart Each step I take tears you apart A broken promise in the grey light Now each of us walk alone
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 04, 2026
A painting torn apart Scenes from a dream So beautiful we thought it was endless I hear your words Bloodstains on glass – mirror of me Now alone this dance I tread I remember song from your strings The beginning takes a thousand shapes This story has no second start You broke those strings All life has taught me: Hope is felt in vain It ends anyway with one last page You know my words Still hoping for more, I write the last page Now I know the end has poetry in its fury I will never hear song from your strings The beginning takes a thousand shapes This story has no second start You broke those strings All life has taught me: Hope is felt in vain It ends anyway with one last page A beginning, a thousand shapes Story ends with broken strings All my hope is felt in vain It all ends with one last page *Spoken* Hope is an illusion we feed ourselves Two mirrors reflecting each other eternally All glass breaks sooner or later I know the last page
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 04, 2026
{Verse} So pale she feels hollow She can’t remember their roses She watches Motionless But he will not see her {Chorus} The dance goes on without music She draws no breath, she just watches; For her touch will break the silence So he dances all alone {Verse} Her gift not given lightly For a heartbeat is a sacred thing So pure the light in his eyes She gave a gift to him he never knew {Chorus} The dance goes on without music She draws no breath, she just watches; For her touch will break the silence So he dances all alone
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 04, 2026
Truly they lie, they talk utter nonsense Who say that music, reckon that the kantele Was fashioned by a god Out of great pike’s shoulders From a water-dog’s hooked bones: It was made from the grief Its belly out of hard days Its soundboard from endless woes Strings gathered from torments And its pegs from other ills Truly they lie, they talk utter nonsense Its belly out of hard days Its soundboard from endless woes Strings gathered from torments And its pegs from other ills Truly they lie, they talk utter nonsense So it not play, will not rejoice at all Music will not play to please Give off the right sort of joy For it was fashioned from cares Molded from sorrow
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 04, 2026
Their tear streaked songs they sing Leave a rose No-one can see his face He sees you in the end He holds you only once Embrace is without love Tears are falling as they sing Under the ice He loves no-one Without face, no face You know the end He holds you only once for his embrace is without love Their tearstreaked songs they sing Sorrow as they sing Not for you You met the one whose love you crave Love without a face He is cold You only once, his, for his embrace is without love They sing Not for you Under the ice you met one whose love you crave Love one without a face He is the cold He holds you in his arms once His embrace is without love Only you are a friend to everyone Yet you don’t come to me Where you tread they leave roses in your wake They sing when you have touched those they loved Only you understands the silent cold Under the ice of the lake we met No rose No-one sings for me Why did you leave when all I crave is your embrace? "Just listen to me! Stay! There is nothing for you at the bottom of the lake Life is right here. Stay… please… He cares not for kings or beggars, he cares not for you Why are you in such a rush to meet him? In the end, he visits everyone“ We will meet only once Hold me In your arms I will feel Cold I long for you I see you Disappear No roses under the lake Sing for me, for me Cold in my wake No love No love in his embrace No love No roses Just tears in his wake Under the lake Under ice I meet him once No roses under ice
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 04, 2026
You beg the dream to end No need to whimper Remove the porcelain mask I take form off reflections in your eyes Formless I encompass all I consume I reflect in broken glass The only pain is your own I burn dreams like paper A thousand colors bright and hollow All I have absorbed Bow to me I demand You wanted to see what I really am You have unmasked this apparition And here you stand you wished you never loved But your hate fuels your fear And keeps the doorway Open
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 04, 2026