Submissions by griffthedragon

You roll in your sleep
The nightmares return
So many souls you reap
Of your past lives you learn

You dream of battle
The spoils of war
Where armor rattles
Where the crows soar

You draw your blade
Steady your hand
Think of a glade
Of some peaceful land

But you know it's fake
Forget all the rest
Another life to take
The thing you detest

The light will fade
From their eyes
Their death you bade
Everyone must die

You open your eyes
The dream breaks
Tell yourself it's lies
And the...

I put it in my mouth
This stick of my death
I laugh at the thought
As I light it up

The first plume of smoke rises
Into the starry night air
And I begin to think
On all the strings

The strings I’ve set
And those in my heart
Those strings that control
And those that are love

At first it was easy
Making puppets of them all
Pulling their strings
To get what I want

When we ended
The puppets cut there strings
They left me
Left me all alone

Then I realized
Those strings had hooked
Hooked...