Exiled by choice
In pursuit of isolation
Dwelling in this existential maze
The red skies swell in dismay
Fade through the wakeful lifelessness
Obscurity consuming everything
Dragged back into
The clutches of warfare
The walls of this mental prison begin to close in
Forced to battle
A crippled will to live
Is this glory worth bearing the weight of the world?
Colossal prism closing in on the city
Shimmering beams emit, melt through the premise
The dismal chorus swells
From the phlegmatic invader
Bellowing through air waves endlessly
Drilling through the lithosphere
With a massive auger
Laying waste to all within its wake
A call to rise
Positron cannon charged
Firing in unison
Beams distort trajectory
The invader fires
My companion shields me
This act of sacrifice gives light to a new purpose