A seraph preceded
Crucified
Mouth impaled
The body
Torn away
BEHOLD
Now an altar
Where they anoint
Its pendulous spine
A blessing upon you
O DEMON
They welcome
Bone chipping
A crude blade
BEHOLD
Hooves discarded
Emblems of a simpler fearful time
See this
O WITNESS
The unbent knee
Cut to form and size
See this
O WITNESS
God and Satan
Butchered
Consumed
Reduced to excrement
Which stains their skin
Monument assembled
Impaling inert skulls
Can't you hear
Their chanting
How pious our servitude
At the altar
All pray to reflections in their eyes
Crowned heads forced down
Dead eyes gaze down the widening path
Humanity shall soon lament
TRANSCENDENCE
Dying eyes now fixed
Upon the crescent moon
Shrouded in true darkness
Ancient evil a brilliant fading light
What have we done
WHAT HAVE WE DONE