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The answers to existence

Beheld in ancient wisdom

No way to overcome the pain

In unbearable shame

Enslaved to everlasting pain

I kneel before the altar

Open to the piercing daggers

And the poison of truth

The black flame burns within

May the dark light burn my eyes

Consuming all that I am

The return of the demons…

A malignant curse

Feeding off of my pain

Forever enslaved

Unholy internal torment…

(Apr. 2001)