Chalice
The Calm That Was The Storm
1. The Calm That Was The Storm
It seemed the sky must wither
The seas disperse, galaxies unfurl
My form, insensate, relinquish breath
Amidst noise and shattering earth
But no violence, not even a stir
Merely reflection of flickering light
In your still, unwavering gaze
Marked the hour of goodbye
It was in silence you revealed most
It was in saying nothing you said it all
The silence said it all
Sorry for not mirroring your calm
The inconvenience, the burden of guilt
For feeling the sting within the
Faint praise with which you damned me
I envy you such detachment
Your mute faith that better awaits
The sanguine ease of your stride as,
So quietly, you just walked away
It was in silence you revealed most
It was in saying nothing you said it all
The silence said it all
So say you felt just one regret
Say you shed one drop of brine
Please say one instinct yearned to scream
Into a silence thick with words
I could not bear to hear
2. The Stigma Of An Age
As one we will embrace the dusk
Of times we all lament
For every aspiration lost
And every fortune spent
Such hellish thoughts relinquished
In the nightmares heaven sent
Reflecting on the obsolescent
Moments that we gauge
Embody what is life
Is just the stigma of an age
A monkey is the king
Of every kingdom in a cage
Exquisite is the maya
That pervades in every way
As life, the subtle prelude
To a posthumous display
Embraces like a lover, as a thief
It walks away
As babes we thread dimensions
Of an aged infinity
From a past bereft of vision
To the darkness do we flee
The monkey may be caged but tell me
Which of us is free?
3. Static
I had to face you again
I had to taste you once more
Alone
I had to hit that wall
With you as my mentor
And watch my wretched flesh rot
Inhaling the stench of regret
Feeling life stripped from my vertebrae
Free in my toxin vortex
Peak hour
Sewer side
I had to face you again
I had to taste you once more
Alone
I had to hit that wall
With you as my mentor
Rising from the bile of today
I refrain from that touch
Knowing I'll still feel you tomorrow
4. Solitary Waves
The change is made within an innocent breath
A veil around an existence
Accursed with a solitary death
Dancing a line of unending decline
Over chasms I knew not to be
A wave of emotions 'pon desolate oceans
That drown in a lust to be free
Though birds may sing it is oft unsure
Does the joy of life from their spirits stem?
To grace the skies yet shy away
From the eyes that most adore them
All that is hurt and all that is loved are one
Does the blood on these hands
Now dry in the heat of the sun?
Amidst a sea of tranquility
Must I writhe on a desperate shore?
A spirit and mind no longer aligned
With an honour I cannot restore
Guilt shall feed the nightmares
That I slumber with this eve
Tomorrow I must walk among the shame
How sad it is, a mind that
Harboured such control and pride
Is now the sickened brethren of the lame
5. The Calm That Was The Storm (Ephemeral Mix)
It seemed the sky must wither
The seas disperse, galaxies unfurl
My form, insensate, relinquish breath
Amidst noise and shattering earth
But no violence, not even a stir
Merely reflection of flickering light
In your still, unwavering gaze
Marked the hour of goodbye
It was in silence you revealed most
It was in saying nothing you said it all
The silence said it all
Sorry for not mirroring your calm
The inconvenience, the burden of guilt
For feeling the sting within the
Faint praise with which you damned me
I envy you such detachment
Your mute faith that better awaits
The sanguine ease of your stride as,
So quietly, you just walked away
It was in silence you revealed most
It was in saying nothing you said it all
The silence said it all
So say you felt just one regret
Say you shed one drop of brine
Please say one instinct yearned to scream
Into a silence thick with words
I could not bear to hear
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