verity as thought forsaken
lingers long in clouds of lead
twisting spires of wrought contortion
sown distortion courting dread
shedding hours spread like reddened
ire devours descending rope
mooring of our own portending
fastened to facades of hope
torn asylum trickles onward
all the equid etched terrain
hobbled oath inflecting inward
emptied unto arms of clay
adulating spurs complacent
erubescent indigence
abrogating fate's insistence
airing anthropomorphic
affectation errs evincing
mocking amorous proclaim
sacred bond absconds as mincing
silencing the heart's refrain