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Human
By Marius Budu


On broken dreams I kneel before you
Oh masters of the great beyond!
This night my shell grows weak once more,
And whispers of despair my soul unveils again.

My limbs have taken me as far as I could hope,
And no mortal desire has gone undone;
Yet echoes in the rain grow stronger now –
And it’s their hopeful grins that hold me down.

I have denied this plastic world time and again
Indulging in the sweetest steps of this sin.
With fearful eyes I face this consequence today,
Not knowing where fate will guide me from here…

Among these souls I’m frozen in the grip of time,
Waiting for the release I hope will never come.
To no avail I search for meaning in these lands –
And all I find are ancient fragments of their gods…

This temple I have built is tainted with disdain.
Their minds’ reflected pain is constantly flooding my brain,
And these unspoken dreams seem shallow now –
This shameful secret is making my heart come undone.

Breaking the limits of this sanity I have contrived,
I hide in the darkest depths I can find –
This dying world must never know
That I am only human now…