Branded

Clenching my fists, sinking nails to the flesh

Giving up all I possess

Phantom pain in whirling mist

In this void nothing exists

So easy to sell your soul away

So easy to set your goals yet astray

Sold truth for the meek

Religious and weak

Can't find myself within your faith so bleak

So easy for me to hate

Shackles so fragile made

I recognize this branding

Marked for life and beyond

Where were you before

Wandering on this same lane

Can't recognize you anymore

Obscure and vain