Wings beat caging bars, steel slapping flesh.
Manacled grip strong, blood redder than rusting creeps.
Cries in the void, reason is depraved by the cold.
Hardness pervades thought, and bruising clenches tight.
So the cracks and crags reign the mind, ivory splits.
Gnashing at shadows, shining out fierce, clouded.
No truth in the monstrosity, cool words soothing.
Lashes bite, and papers rip slowly, surely.
Grime falls slow, ashes choked from inner flames.
And sizzling, burn marks from acids spilled; tongue.
Seething and hissed, writhe for the limbs do protest.
Honesty seeps, stewing deep down. Watery look out.
Steeper prices, palls so grey. Appalls all the same.
Whisper out, a gesture touched, but pull it back.
So tighten up, locking into. What key may fit?
Features slow and still, no creaking or sigh.
Resolution in metallic slivers, pounded into being.
Stand straight and high, sing your mechanical song.
Words are not hollow, but half full. Let it be enough.
