False Confession
Jagged new moon of remorse<br/> Roils riled mindflesh<br/> Glares down from a private sky<br/> <br/> Raining baleful ore<br/> Lodestones for obsession, ingested<br/> Burnished by the working<br/> Of memory’s maudlin hands<br/> <br/> Burning bolus of guilt<br/> Scallops tender heartflesh<br/> Leaves scars whispering secret tongues<br/> <br/> Compressed for years<br/> Deep within my pit of a chest<br/> Oh, prideful silence<br/> Suffocate this unseen ache<br/> <br/> Cruel ruby of sorrow<br/> Time-ripened survivor<br/> Bound up in my gut<br/> No crimson wisdoms rise<br/> From your mirrored depths<br/> Just bloodied refractions<br/> Of what I have done
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
In the end, you always remembered<br/> That first moment so clearly<br/> When you knew by the cold in your bones<br/> That time was running short<br/> Some subtle scent burning on the wind<br/> Blown in from flayed continents<br/> Echoes in ash of abandoned souls<br/> Singing: “you too will join us”<br/> <br/> The beasts and birds fled, but you stayed<br/> Conceited child, you prayed<br/> <br/> The bonds are all broken<br/> The spirits are loosed<br/> To ravage the failing land<br/> And alight in the parched trees<br/> <br/> No bargains to broker with flame<br/> No laws to forfend against flame<br/> No mercy to plead for from flame<br/> Just the heat, then the dark<br/> Then the dark<br/> <br/> There, in your scorched grave<br/> You learned at last to change
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
Now you learn what you are made of<br/> What grinding hours you may endure<br/> The true depths of your dedication<br/> To purity<br/> <br/> Self-negation: the highest ethic<br/> Stone brow and clenched jaw mark the pure of faith<br/> As you bring forth the dream, commit your body<br/> In silence<br/> <br/> Now you learn what you are made of<br/> What grinding hours you may endure<br/> The true depths of your dedication<br/> To clarity<br/> <br/> Cast away indulgence, all unnecessary things<br/> All compromise that binds you to the veil<br/> Divide the crowds as a stone in a river<br/> Unmoving, smooth, and blank<br/> <br/> Surrender yourself to the will that stirs within<br/> Deafen yourself to the noise of temptation<br/> Deny yourself, for there is no self to deny<br/> Complete yourself in oblivion<br/> <br/> Mourn not for what is lost in the world without<br/> Where the air itself is rot, it is a triumph to burn<br/> And only sorrows fill the skin that you so long to shed<br/> <br/> Now you learn what you are made of<br/> What grinding hours you may endure<br/> The true depths of your dedication<br/> To release<br/> <br/> Annihilate yourself<br/> Bring forth the dream
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
For an instant, I hesitated<br/> As you cowered beneath me<br/> My limbs coiled for violence, but<br/> Some weakness pleaded: mercy, mercy<br/> <br/> But the blow fell<br/> The wound opened<br/> My path was chosen<br/> Forever<br/> <br/> The blow fell<br/> The rift rent wide<br/> No forgiveness<br/> No rapprochement, never<br/> <br/> In a secret cathedral given to cruelty<br/> I enshrine the livid memory<br/> Of your face twisted in disbelief<br/> Of your form wracked with agony<br/> <br/> The blow fell<br/> The bones shattered<br/> My malice sang<br/> With pleasure<br/> <br/> The blow fell<br/> The light went out<br/> No remorse<br/> No redemption, never<br/> <br/> The leech called shame set upon me<br/> Leapt from your wreck to my flesh<br/> But it no more feasts upon me<br/> For I seized up its body<br/> And ground it into the dust
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
Keep those ravaged joints churning<br/> For just one more mile<br/> <br/> It used to feel so easy<br/> When the body seethed with life<br/> Bidden by a vibrant mind and guided<br/> By eyes that still accepted light<br/> <br/> But that was some other man, forgotten<br/> Buried by weathered hands<br/> Stiff and arthritic, rigid with calluses, woebegone<br/> With the residue of their trespasses<br/> In service to that withered usurper<br/> Who lurks in the mirror alone<br/> <br/> One last task remains<br/> Before your wretched husk<br/> Defy the grip of senescence<br/> Go bravely unto your death<br/> <br/> And in this lonely valediction<br/> The ultimate chance to atone<br/> To be released from all your sins<br/> <br/> May your final chapter record your reclamation<br/> May this broken journey make you whole in the end
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
A clouded memory<br/> Of salt and surrender<br/> And the flailing limbs of a child<br/> Caught in the undertow<br/> <br/> Reaching across the decades<br/> With claws of silt, it seizes me<br/> <br/> In the moment you needed me most<br/> My will dissolved like the foam<br/> <br/> From the faraway shore<br/> I heard you calling me<br/> You were sinking beneath the waves<br/> And I did nothing<br/> <br/> Bobbing like jetsam, gasping for breath<br/> But so sure of salvation from the brine<br/> <br/> From the faraway shore<br/> I heard you calling me<br/> You were sinking beneath the waves<br/> And I stood frozen<br/> <br/> As the swell took you, at last you hated me<br/> For the conceit of strength, when in the end<br/> I was so weak<br/> <br/> I heard you calling me<br/> You were sinking beneath the waves<br/> And I did nothing
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026