this vessel is a casket
this home is a tomb
conspiring while we sleep
this house is doomed
dear mother, giver of birth
world-bringer, need not hold back the hurt
look farther than the walls that surround you
there will be no blood drawn from this stone
dear father, mover of earth
great provider, need not prove your worth
model soldier of fortune
do not mock the dirt upon his hands
heaven is hell and home is far away
barren and crass, violent with decay
tireless, endless, garnished in the whitest of white
now it's turning red
a gathering of unwelcome dead
a morning collective
this fallen old tomb
this hole in the ground here
this place is a burial ground
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