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Passing the Steps

Downwards – fog like

entering the vaults

the candelabrum I hold

illuminating these walls

musty and cold

the aisles like vents

attracting the dark

and swallow the light

an intimidating walz

of lithic pillars

as I enter the sanctum beneath

a shivering glow

the aura of centuries

a grisly déjà-vu

of nefarious scenes

penetralia –

I take the sacred dagger

penetralia –

sacrificial blood will be shed

- blood will be shed

and so like a shadow,

like the blackned smoke

from a doused candle

I leave this masonry behind

fading into the night

to bind myself to you

sanctus amentia

crudelitas dei gratia

penetralia –

I take the sacred dagger

penetralia –

sacrificial blood will be shed

and so like a shadow,

like the blackned smoke

from a doused candle

I leave this masonry behind

eternally

forevermore