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First sworn miles

Met with oaths to more yet

Forever named, each step

Introduces the next

And how nothing is

That is not both

Kiss and maim

Reap and sow

This began long before I’d known

I killed what I called home

To make damn clear

That I was worth my words

And that they are something living

Not just scratches on page

Not just promises made

They are the beast that I ride

Number of times

I tried to tell them

Number of times

I saw the fear in their eyes

Number of times

I swore before great sights

The heights I’d climb

Number of times

I washed my hands

Of that evil

Number of times

I’ve said this all before

Old blood in new veins

Its sick if it stays

Where it no longer lives

Oh, how it fights to not die

But it did and so it needs to

Motionless in sky

Emotionless, it hides

And I ain't gonna die like that