Visitant - Bastions

I’ve seen white walls waste away

And I am sickened and awake for hours, for days

Broken down, I am caustic inside, outside calcified

This never stops

I re-read every word you said

Spat it out on script

And bandaged what was left

Oh Holy Island I carry the sick down to the shore

Oh Holy Island I carry the sick, the son you betrayed has finally passed away

Sunken eyes and bruised wrists, the journals of one so cold

Those below, so unclean, I’ve come to collect you all

An eye for an eye in good time, honest men left us blind

For all I consumed, I’m buried here with you

For all I consumed, I’m buried here with you

She lay there, naked and innocent wrapped in these bed sheets

My father, forgive me, I never had a choice

The beast died a thousand times in me

I wait so patiently