Sun's Delusion

Descending through thickened mist

An old man reached inside and tore out my slumber

Ivory twists an open claw

Set upon the skulls of man

Formative years aside

Truth blanched in sun's delusion

But providence affirmed

Destroyed my aberration

Mortal seeds in divine

Gave grief into life's form

And so curved the spine

Obeisance made before him

Blessed in life but truly cursed by death

Bitter choice befalls you

Glory, lord of men, asks but pain

Master's stone was weaved

Compelled before the throne

Then war came, a semblance of her

Lands unite and he prospers

Grand signs assail me

Temptation yields assent

As irons carve the sand

A ruse brings fate upon him

Anguished price for laurels

Veins burnt by hatred,

In premonitions menis consumed me

Unsanctified, I cared nothing for their ways

Yet a father's plea dragged mercy from me

Now, demi-god, echo in eternity

A toxic toll pierces the flaw

On reflection, there was never any choice