Lash it on, lash them tight
Light the darkness tonight
With the kerosene of flesh
From the hands of heretics
Bring them out, bring them down
To the center of town
Tie them up without a sound
Burn the wicked to the ground
God, I feel the singe on my skin
And the ropes around my wrists
Where is the evidence for this?
There is no evidence for this
God, I feel them breathing down my neck
As they set us all on fire
Take my spirit if you must
But I will not be a liar
Oh, the truth shall set you free
Free in flames; free in flames
But they see no fault in me
Unashamed; I’m unashamed
Spread my ashes to the wind
Tell them I would not repent
I will suffer for the crowd
But I am not a heretic
How can everyone who knows me
Think that I would be so ugly?
How can even those who love me
Think that I am so unholy?
Will these ashes bring redemption
If the crimes are your invention?
Prove me guilty here, I dare you
There is nothing to confess to
God, I feel the smoke attack my lungs
And their words upon my back
Would you leave me so unarmed?
So unready for attack
God, I know you led me to this place
If you leave me for the flame
I will stand beside my choice
I will not repent for pain
The truth shall set you free
Free in flames; free in flames
But they see no fault in me
Unashamed; I’m unashamed
Spread my ashes to the wind
Tell them I would not repent
I will suffer for the crowd
But I am not a heretic
vampireweather 
This is encouraging today. Thank you.
Really? That is good to hear. I’m glad my words could encourage you. I was planning to post 2 poems today, and this was not meant to be the encouraging one–the other poem was–so that gives me hope that the other one might work too 😉
When will you post the second one? Soon I hope. 🙂 Last night’s was wonderful too, by the way.
Well I could post it whenever I suppose, but goodness, I just posted one! 😛
I don’t want my poor subscribers to get tired of me 😉
Well.. first of all, that can’t happen. And second of all if they didn’t like that you were posting they aren’t good enough to subscribe anyways. We should play a game..
A game? What kind of game shall we play?
Well… I was thinking.. what if youpost every hour today.. but the game is that you have to post when the time has all of the same numbers in it.. like at 1:11 and 3:33 and so on. 😉
Hahaha well, I appreciate your willingness to let me do all the posting, but perhaps you overestimate my prolificacy when it comes to poetry. However, what if YOU post a poem today. I haven’t seen much from you lately. 😛
I will post the other one eventually today 😉 can’t give it all away too soon. Suspense is fun!
Speaking of which, you never responded to my comment about your mysterious numbers…
Ah, the numbers…
I will post more clues. 😉
I know you will solve the mystery eventually. 😀
Don’t get frustrated though.. the answer may present itself when you are not even trying to figure it out.
You will have two more clues soon….
They have already been given… Actually it was closer to 3 😉
Thank you 🙂
Did those clues give some assistance? 🙂
Not yet lol. It’s the purpose of the numbers that I do not understand, so having more numbers hasn’t helped me yet, but once I get somewhere where I can collect them and look at them I may figure something out 🙂
Don’t forget to take into account where you find them. 😉
Oh I figured that was important, it’s just hard to check it on my phone 🙂
I think I know what your codes mean. That one difference had thrown me off, but it makes sense now 🙂
I am so sorry for that. I didn’t mean to throw an inconsistency… Just to make sure you know, post a code for me on one of your poems. Then tell me which you posted on so I may check your work. 😉
But I’m sure that you do know. :DD
Pretty little scars
I didn’t finish telling you about the game… If you win.. the prize is….
(Drum role)
A post from me. 😉
I’m afraid if posting every hour is the only way to win, I am unable to compete, but I will gladly post one more.
And I will be waiting on those clues 🙂
Frightening
all i could think of was burning a witch that wasnt if you get my meaning a great poem i loved it xxjen
Yes, that is somewhat my thought. Or perhaps she is a witch…should she be burned? The Salem trials always struck me as chilling. How you can take someone you know and love and turn on them for the sake of speculation or circumstantial evidence…in someone’s way of thinking, we probably all deserve to burn because one man’s faith is another man’s terror. Thanks for stopping by
Thank you for posting your thoughts and emotions. It is so refreshing to have someone real.
Thank you for the kind words 🙂
intense, intense is the only word. intensely emotional. feels like there is anger to vent, despair to spread and a salvation to redeem.
to u happen to listen to doom metal?
I’ve listened to a bit of doom metal. Swallow the Sun has been on my playlist lately, and I have some Paramaecium, Drottnar, Type O Negative, Morphia, and My Dying Bride. I am by no means an expert on the genre, but I really do try to delve into all musical realms. I am not a metal purist or a strictly metal sort of listener, but I do identify well with some of the lyrical content of the genre. I feel that, although you can explore any topic with any kind of music, metal typically explores topics that other genres ignore, which intrigues me. If you have some Doom Metal recommendations, please be my guest 🙂
i’m also not a purist, neither do i limit my music to metal.
my dying bride rates high in my opinion. also i would recommend katatonia (listen to “tonight’s music”) agalloch (kind of atmospheric but mind blowing, listen to “in the shadow of our pale companion” “fire above ice below”)
and from the subgenre of epic doom listen to “warning – footprints” << this one sure hits the point.
if those bands are to your taste i will recommend more later 🙂
I am going to find those tonight and listen. Thank you! I am always interested in new music, and somehow I listen more closely when I know someone has recommended it. I will let you know!