This silence forewarning

And darkness opressing

I lay my heart on a bed of tears

With misery growing

So I paint a picture

So dark, and so black

Upon the canvass of a twisted mind

My solitude engulfing

And I bleed from my heart

With no one to heal

So alone, so afraid

Only pain left to feel

I pray for release

I yearn to be free

I hear the call of the afterlife

My sins so great

And paradise is calling

This paean to woe

From a spirit torn

A requiem of a soul in decline

I await the kiss

From an angel so cold

The savage grace of final release

A penitant soul to be laid to rest

Redemption must

Absolution in extremis

A cacophony of mourning

With love deceased