I cut my tongue out
and gouge my eyes out
This tribute for you
A holy pendant
Upon these ruins
are vows and silence
as the towers fall
Into pits of burden
suffer in your name
on altars of worship
“I peel away this skin
baring forth a hollow soul
trauma burns through my
severed veins
wash the sickness from
your hands”
These heavy Sermons
offer false promises
And as I offer my hands
All I receive is silence
Silence
Deafening
(For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement)