Soul Intact

Sanguine fluid hemorrhaging from a contrary source My credence wavers at your broken promises I once abjured all of your fatuous wars Until I too was branded on your canvas’ Some tawdry amusement you secrete Only to emerge in your tenebrous off time A murmured melodious beat To make a pedestrian appear sublime I feel your jurisdiction, forced upon me Subservience is yours only till my hands are more Pride in your villenage, underlying acrimony For the malevolence in my eyes, an unbroken core Infuriating your might, nothing can defeat you Animosity ablaze, cauterizing me, so cold. Behind the pain you inflict, you find impenetrable fortitude Your brawn may vanquish my body, never my soul.