The Accuser

Exhaustion racks this corpse

There is nothing left to give

The legs begin to give out

And the pursuers grow closer

Black hands reach from shadows

Seeking to gain purchase

Weakly swatting them away

Losing the will to live

The footsteps patient and measured

Come with confidence

Like buzzards above the doomed

Waiting for easy prey

Afforded only

Withering motivation

Out of reserves

Resolve completely drained

Concede, surrender

Falling to take the knee

Giving up, giving in

Attrition is attained

Running seems hopeless

And I've already tried to die once

Disregard for bodily pain

Disregard for bodily form

The dark coils come into sight

The shape moves effortlessly

The air chills as the wind picks up

The mind conjures images of death

The shame, this avoidable failure

Worthy of nothing but misery and pain

The tortures forthcoming deserved

Sought for, considered, and paid for in full

Yet still, in spite of beliefs to the contrary

This still just doesn't seem fair

Willing to accept the blame

But unwilling to accept what it means

Laid down, tired, thirsty and starved

Between dying flames

Surrender is finalized

Face down in the dirt

With only enough energy to curl up and die

Did you really think it would be so easy?

Did you really think you could get away?

Did you really think that no one would notice?

Did you really think there was a simple escape?

Black tendrils snake their way out

And work to ensnare every limb

Their touch so cold it burns

And accusations then begin

Ungrateful, unloving

Unwilling to reciprocate

Unaware of your luck

Unknowing, unstriving

Unable to put forth the work

Self-involved, egotistic

Unthinking of those who love you

At the heart of the earth

The victim, the martyr

Unable to suffer in silence

Begging, pleading, as darkness creeps over this lifeless

Colorless, worthless cadaver

The paradox of self-imposing the judgment while not wanting

The sentence is perfectly clear

A blank face with familiar features

Hangs over inverted and scowls disapprovingly

The tendrils, they writhe and climb

And support the white mask as it repeats

Ungrateful, unloving

Unwilling to reciprocate

Unaware of your luck

Unknowing, unstriving

Unable to put forth the work

Self-involved, egotistic

Unthinking of those who love you

At the heart of the earth

The victim, the martyr

Unable to suffer in silence

Exhaustion racks this corpse

There is nothing left to give

The eyes begin to close

As the accusations echo

The shame, this avoidable failure

Worthy of nothing but misery and pain

The tortures forthcoming deserved

Sought for, considered, and paid for in full

Yet still, in spite of beliefs to the contrary

This still just doesn't seem fair

Willing to accept the blame

And unwilling to accept what it means