My eyes open once more
Misery meets them
Mystery greets them
All stained in crimson.

Indeed, a world of red
Red from the bloodshed
Dead from the words said
Withering is this life
Demons lurk within
Feasting on the countless sins.

Indeed, a world of red
Sears like hot lead
Fear is my deathbed
The by-product of careless past events
Condemning what I once thought
Was what I sought.

I look every which way 
The agony is here to stay
It laughs at my mind
Scoffs at my kind
The kind once thriving
Now writhing and dying.

Memories of better days
Only put wind to the blaze
Blaze of defiance, blaze of deception
Snuffed out the light
Then lit my misconception.

I see all before me
All wretched out in bitter detail
the sting of defeat looms over me
An intangible fate I cannot see
Death is its decree.

Innocence, tainted by insolence
Genius, torn by ignorance
Good taste, all gone to waste
I realize now
That what I face
Is the correct fate.