I Am

I am inflection Poisoned pawn of perception The Black Hand of persuasion Twisting pallid pillars of affluence Mercurial marble garlands Plotting in political repose I am invention Aberration of anger Neurosis of Nero Ignited incense of Roman ruin Human torches of venomous vapor Breathing betrayal’s mushrooming rancor I am wrath Sword of Damocles Shadowed fate of mirrored steel Forged in sweaty palms of cold conviction Serpents of Cesar Striking slumbering senses of state I am volition Harbinger of history Crux of Cicero's sedition Hiding in Everyman’s reflection An assassin of contention Wearing a sentence of death