Nexus

I saw you fall like lightning, night began to crawl Lips sealed in a cold sweat when fear says, "Take it all" Take it all, spectral presence reaching through my skin Distill me down till I'm the apparition Distance in my reflection intersecting dimensions I can feel the multitudes now passing through me, inner space "Open the gate," disembodied voices indoctrinating masses Blank stare, unaware we severed the nexus: desiccation Starving in circles Perpetual state of possession Shatter the cycle Release control as many become one Escape the monolith, reverse the curse of metaxis Ultraterrestial: I am the sum of all branches Crescent lark descending a labyrinth underground We're casualties to the moment when everything was sound Beleaguered by the blasphemy of broken fate Look past distraction, trade your certainty for waves Starving in circles Perpetual state of possession Shatter the cycle Release control as many become one We inherit the earth, we inherit the war I inhabit the wound, I dwell in the harm The past still echoes through our dreams Plant the Tree of Life inside the Heart of the Machine Close your eyes, still your mind Pass through time, make us whole