The Waste

I told them not to look back
At the fallen city
We must continue our journey through
The forest that lies ahead
As we approached the towering timbers
I feared what lied ahead
But we knew this may be the start of the end
After all


Black, blackness crawls over our bodies
And slithers its way into our minds
And our feet grow heavy
With the despair of the world's sins
We carry with us through the pitch black
Forest of sorrows where the canopy allows no light
And those who fall are left behind, to rot
In the compost of the forest floor

The Forest

With the misery of the forest behind us
We plunge deeper into the soul of the earth

"Into the cavern"
It howls our names
A gust of wind blows our way
And guides us in
With our one torch I lead the way
Through the spelunx and caves
But the stench or the putrid damp air
Extinguishes our flame
With each step more difficult than the last
I pray that I live to see the end of this tunnel
But when I look back I realized I cannot see

Without light to see
Everything is the same
Nothingness in every direction
I stare into the abyss
With only my hands to guide me
Along these cold damp dungeon walls

I'm losing my mind
Do I go on?
I close my eyes
...descending deeper into the vein

We hear a crack and the ground trembles
We run as fast, fast as we can
Through the void, the void that no light escapes
As the boulders crash down, behind our backs
The planet cries
We feel its tremors of pain as its life blood seeps through the stone
The dust and steam burn our lungs
And I fall to my knees awaiting my fate

But then
Up ahead
We saw a glimmer
Of hope

The Chamber

The Decay

Relentless

Broken

My mind drifts
I've fallen into the rift
(solemnly awaiting)

Tears leave my eyes
Madness creeps inside
(filling the void)

Spreading through my brain
I can feel the change
(becoming another person)

Mortal life concludes
Perpetual agony ensues
(eternal soul torture)

I am the demon in you
I am the demon in us all

I have lost all control
Burning lungs
Stinging skin
My insides are stripped
Stripped of everything
Leaving a shell
My heart a bottomless pit

Alan John Torres