The Unseen Beckoning

A whisper of wings<br/> Beat within the bush<br/> A trace of transparency<br/> Solicits behind the sycamore<br/> A trickle of the tips<br/> Beckon between the birch<br/> A wink of whiteness<br/> Calls atop the cedar<br/> <br/> Perched upon a dandelion<br/> Skeletal beauty to behold<br/> Soon whipped away<br/> <br/> A deadly intrigue arises<br/> Your end if you follow<br/> Or a chthonic beginning<br/> <br/> Do you wish to split dainty flesh?<br/> Gorge yourself on microinfinity?<br/> Do you dare enter the enclave?<br/> Satiate your lust on brittle bones?<br/> <br/> Massacred by the miniscule<br/> Your unworthy flesh decimated<br/> A fountain of mundane blood<br/> Shall feed their queer hunger<br/> <br/> Laid upon a pheasant feather bed<br/> Delicate majesty to admire<br/> Or perhaps it's not as it seems<br/> <br/> A fatal curiosity awakens<br/> This world is not your own<br/> A sinister invitation calls<br/> <br/> Balanced upon a pine cone<br/> Intricate glory to swoon<br/> Don't expect to ever return<br/> <br/> A misjudged yearning surfaces<br/> The seductive nature of otherness<br/> Don't hope that you can turn back now

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

That you would strip me<br/> Of this abominable fleshliness<br/> Nothing impure and blemished<br/> Shall you leave unscathed<br/> Merciful evisceration I welcome<br/> Rip the filth from my bones<br/> After the extermination<br/> Sear your name into my heart<br/> <br/> I betray you over bronze<br/> Not even a full bag<br/> A single piece is enough<br/> To reveal my mercenary heart<br/> I crawl back to vomit, a dog<br/> Bathing in excrement a pig<br/> A desperate beg for slaughter<br/> Kill the beast in me, I pray<br/> <br/> It lurks within my breast<br/> Prowling, poised to devour<br/> It churns my wretched loins<br/> Bubbling insidious poison<br/> It stews the innards in every man<br/> Drowning the dignity inherent<br/> Preserve, the flood shall pass<br/> The traitor beheaded by the king<br/> <br/> Slavery is the only choice<br/> To righteouness or to vice<br/> Can anyone call themselves free?<br/> Whilst a slave to the body's whims<br/> Surrender to The Ultimate<br/> And be liberated from choice<br/> Heed the familiar voice...<br/> Of a Father, a Friend, a Mother

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Damp fortress of amber<br/> Deceptive delicacy<br/> Footfall dares disturb<br/> Uncouth ignorance<br/> Of doom concealed nether<br/> Laid beneath the shrooms<br/> Cackle claws unclothe<br/> Fangs poised to sap<br/> Diaphanes grow fat<br/> Unimaginable hunger<br/> Unfathomable appetite<br/> Of the in-between world<br/> Exquisite in execution<br/> Innocent and engorged<br/> Feeding is their habitude<br/> No guilt from drained blood<br/> <br/> How can you not wonder<br/> The universe under each footfall<br/> The elusive traces of the fallen<br/> Now inhabiting the middle<br/> <br/> Do you hear their faint song<br/> When wondering in the woods<br/> If your ear was more attentive<br/> You'd surely heed their warning<br/> <br/> Lift to be pulled down<br/> Far, far too late now<br/> To take back the trespass<br/> Into their hidden biosphere<br/> Lump caught in the throat<br/> Cacophony in the stomach<br/> From the morbid realization<br/> They have been disturbed<br/> They are pleased by no words<br/> No man can placate them now<br/> Heavenly creatures gone afoul<br/> Death is smaller than you'd expect<br/> When the woodlands you neglect<br/> Tinniest seed you disrespect<br/> No time left to accept regret<br/> Resonating anguished howl<br/> <br/> The weary traveler was searching<br/> Furiously bent on spectral revenge<br/> After he noticed the changes<br/> In his most beloved spawn<br/> Yet he joins the scrolled list<br/> Of this folk's many prey<br/> Without remorse they slay<br/> Feeding, work of their day<br/> <br/> Before death a window<br/> Into a dark panorama<br/> Their ways are strange<br/> Unfamiliar to man's<br/> <br/> Gawking in the last moments<br/> At the banquet preparations<br/> Horror to be the glad meal<br/> Of manifold ethereal beings<br/> <br/> Bones left to uncaring forest<br/> Not a slab of meat left<br/> They surely ate their fill<br/> As many a mundane grow ill

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

The tender intimacy<br/> With which the clouds were woven<br/> The warm regard<br/> Holding each blade of grass<br/> The fearful care<br/> Within each of your cells<br/> And the might<br/> Of the unparalleled cosmos<br/> <br/> Do not despise this creation<br/> Nor turn it into a vain idol<br/> But see in it the reflection<br/> Of the glorious and eternal Logos<br/> <br/> Well-fed seed springing in praise<br/> The crash of the waves a chorus<br/> Those who seem without a place<br/> Becoming members of a singing body<br/> Just as flowers unfold unto the sun<br/> So must the heart feed upon your light<br/> A unsnuffable flame even in the night<br/> Like ruffling feathers, souls take flight<br/> <br/> Those who would destroy this<br/> Shall also destroy themselves<br/> The privilege of stewardship<br/> Is a mountain of precious wealth

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Corporate gluttony<br/> Drains honest lives<br/> The boundless savagery<br/> Of cancerous growth<br/> What profits a man<br/> To gain the world?<br/> And yet lose his soul<br/> By trampling the humble<br/> <br/> Alone in the darkness<br/> Abandoned in the abyss<br/> sucked into the void<br/> Confined in a pipe<br/> Swimming in oil<br/> Shattered bones<br/> Depleted energy<br/> Only one survivor<br/> The rest left behind<br/> To succumb to injuries<br/> Or dehydration's scourge<br/> They could have been saved<br/> But greed triumphed<br/> Margins over lives<br/> Is the worlds law<br/> <br/> Families torn asunder<br/> Hearts ripped in two<br/> A devastating legacy<br/> Of uncaring industry<br/> Bodies never recovered<br/> Never laid to rest<br/> But left to decay<br/> Beneath the ocean<br/> <br/> An unimaginable demise<br/> Shiver at the sheer horror<br/> How can such a morbid tale<br/> Be such a dreadful reality?

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Where were you<br/> when I laid the earth’s foundation?...<br/> Who marked off its dimensions?...<br/> Who stretched a measuring line across it?<br/> <br/> On what were its footings set,<br/> or who laid its cornerstone—<br/> while the morning stars sang together<br/> and all the angels shouted for joy?<br/> “Who shut up the sea behind doors<br/> when it burst forth from the womb,<br/> when I made the clouds its garment<br/> and wrapped it in thick darkness,<br/> <br/> when I fixed limits for it<br/> and set its doors and bars in place,<br/> when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;<br/> here is where your proud waves halt’?<br/> “Have you ever given orders to the morning,<br/> or shown the dawn its place,<br/> that it might take the earth by the edges<br/> and shake the wicked out of it?<br/> <br/> The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;<br/> its features stand out like those of a garment.<br/> The wicked are denied their light,<br/> and their upraised arm is broken.<br/> <br/> Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea<br/> or walked in the recesses of the deep?<br/> Have the gates of death been shown to you?<br/> Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?<br/> <br/> Job 38:4-17

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Instrumental

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Creaking man engine<br/> Endless steps of decay<br/> Pocket the profits<br/> Demise, pave the way<br/> Groans to be ignored<br/> Regulations written in blood<br/> The tumbling floor<br/> The crush or the flood<br/> <br/> Hurtling wood, cascade of pine<br/> Crushing death, inverse divine<br/> Tones, dreaded splinters<br/> Mangled corpses, whimpers<br/> Fathers, brothers, sons<br/> Callously ripped, away<br/> The body count stays<br/> Disregarded wayward sway<br/> <br/> Hauled from the depths<br/> Rescue amidst the rubble<br/> Back into the abyss<br/> Unknown heroes plunge<br/> Godly and simple men<br/> Duty above comfort<br/> What stirs such sacrifice?<br/> But the spirit indwelling<br/> <br/> Solemn bells ring<br/> In a humble church<br/> Service of sorrow<br/> Souls ascension<br/> Broken prayers<br/> Lowly and beautiful<br/> They are certainly heard<br/> Rising like incense<br/> <br/> Oh Mother Mary<br/> Our lady of sorrows<br/> Intercede, Intercede<br/> For these poor souls<br/> Hasten through the fire<br/> The blessing of purgation<br/> <br/> Justice be done<br/> Fickle empires fall<br/> You can't take with you<br/> Your hoards of vain metal<br/> <br/> Breaking the sacred heart<br/> Of mercy poured out<br/> Wrath and love together<br/> Spilled into the world<br/> Who shall weep?<br/> And who shall rejoice?<br/> On that great terrible day<br/> When birth pangs cease<br/> <br/> Remember in the night<br/> Those who were torn<br/> Those who so loved<br/> He will not forget them<br/> <br/> Still across the earth<br/> Industries thrive<br/> Milling human life<br/> Disgracing the sacred<br/> <br/> Love for the least<br/> Is the only narrow path<br/> To the endless fountain<br/> Pouring from your side<br/> The first are cast down<br/> The mighty to the dregs<br/> The last are forever exalted<br/> The humble to the heights

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026