Rise Tarnished

its you vs you

Rise Tarnished

I am Tarnished with no known renown and defeat is all I have ever witnessed 

I have tasted loss but never sought death 

A broken man with a tortured soul

And yet I sole heartedly demand, O death where is your sting?

I pity you than wrath, my head held high as I walk through this holy path

I give you nothing after all I have gifted, my wrath, my sorrow, my suffering

You would have to unshackle me from my very being for you to arise victorious 

Yet I still see you, i hear you, your spite and your cries

Am I to forgive you, to punish you? 

Perhaps, all I have ever done is to demean you, would mean to scar myself 

Is this a taste of freedom? since I saw the fathers eyes  

He told me who I was

No taste of freedom, no smell of joy and no touch of victory but rather peace

Now I ask you again do I forgive you? 

Shall i welcome you back into the gates of my mind as you are

With redeemed honor, bold and brave 

The sound of your sorrow in each breath

Your tears of darkened tales never told

The very teeth you grit when you have lost

You are tarnished much like I am

By no means will you win me over

But I offer you my hand to bear no malice over you

Here I tell you now "Rise Tarnished"