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Isolation breeds disdain

A War of attrition

Turned within

The eyes of the world

Watch eternally

Asphyxiate and bleed

Tear at the true self

To labor for every breath

Is a sin of omission

Pushed to a cavernous existence

Empathy for mankind forever extinguished

All that remains is the cult of the self

The bonds of empathy have been severed

To labor for every breath

Is a sin of omission

Celebrations of misfortune

Are the prime joys felt by us now

Piercing others with detached stares

but learning nothing at all

Kneel before the new cathedral

High priests beckon with forked tongues

Choke down the wretched host

Concede that your humanity's lost

Remain consumed by the basest trifles

Deaf ears prevail as blood is shed

Ignorance abound where the bodies lie

Integration breeds despair

A revelation drawn before all

The heads hang in shame

For each day dead and gone

Awakened to the disrepair

But no recourse remains