Remorse

One day later My ego is protected All the pain deflected From the hurt you caused An eye for an eye; zero pause You cut my tongue; I take your eyes Count and pray on my demise Until I rise like an eagle Up to heaven; the angel of evil Hurting more One week later My eye bawls blood Soaked my hands, skin scrub But the mark will never fade The sinner's brand; you claimed Demons stalk me at midnight Till dusk to dawn is a fight Curses etched on my wall The thorns start to crawl Hurting more One month later Thorns crowning and piercing through Penance; the karmic coup No justice has been made But baptised; in blood I bathed New face; new name Old sins; same game The same inner war Same man, hurting more Hurting more One year later I'm soaked head to toe Facing the red soaked path below Towards a future clouded by guilt From the monster I had built Hurting more Hurting forevermore