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I remember the old days.
No looking back, it'll never be the same.
We were few, and our cause pure.
Now we are many, and diluted we are.
Lukewarm we rise to fight,
half-hearted we march into battle.
Slain are we, fallen like the wheat of the field.
Left we fall, and right also.
Cut down like grain before the farmer's scythe.
Now we fall back, our backs broken and lashed.
We know defeat, and our ranks are again emptied.
Again we are few, and again, we grow strong.
Our cause in our hearts, we remain prideful in who we are.
Once again, we are what we set out to be...
Whole.

Cool, I like the idea behind this it's very interesting, and the use of the butterfly...good imagery.

Journey of a Lost Soul


I’m so tired of all these lies,
keeping all of this inside.
Nothing left of me to live,
alright, alright, I give, I give.
If I’m gonna die, do it already.
I’m ready to go. I’m ready, I’m ready!
Take my heart from this pathetic frame.
Take this body and make it maim.
Take my soul and lead it ‘cross river Styx.
Hell awaits me, her flame licks
upon my face with white hot fire.
Give me all that I desire.
I live amongst the unforgiven,
I die within the hearts of children.
Eternal torment my desire.
At last I sleep now in the fire.
My soul taken from this place,
to wage a war on a dying race.
We’ll kill them all, if we can.
Every last child. Every last man.
Cut down every last filthy whore.
Chin up son, this is war!
Look at your women crying…
look at your young men dying…
How much longer must this go on?
These people are depending on
me, to win this fight, be their might.
Letting them down means losing right,
losing justice, losing light,
losing to eternal night.
For them alone I go on,
‘till everything inside me is gone.
No more feeling, no more pain.
No more love, no more gain.
It’s over now, I rest at last.
All that’s left is eternal past.
I close my eyes, laid to rest.
I’ve run my course, done my best.
Always more that I could do,
I would do it all for you.
To see your smile one last time,
I’d walk the earth, I’d cross the line.
Forever in my memory,
look at what you’ve done to me.
Once again I have a reason.
A reason for me, a reason for treason
to my eternal desire;
my desire to sleep in fire.
And yet, desire no more,
it’s not the same as before.
Now life holds for me a smile,
making life worth all the while.
They try and drag me down again,
grab my limbs and pull me then
I rip myself free, ready to fight.
I’ve a place in this world, I’ve seen the light.
They can’t take me now,
I’ll fight, I’ll win, I don’t know how.
Piece by piece, I’m torn apart.
All that’s left of me is my heart.
Strong again, it’s all for the one
that gave me reason, a rising sun.
The one that gave me tomorrow,
the one I gave my soul to borrow.
They can make me whole once more,
make a body from my stripped core.
Once again, I stand whole.
My body mine, my heart to control,
given thee by mine own hand.
Only you can understand.
Take it gentle, hold it true,
treat it right, and it’ll be there for you.
You know all this, I waste my breath,
you, who saved me from the hands of Death.
Thank you much, for what you’ve done.
Thank you much, my only one.

Okay, like I tolded ya already...I went to comment this and my internet screwed up THREE TIMES. And I lost my comments...so I've decided to come back and try again, although I think my first comments would have been better....

I love this. First off, I wanna mention how much the repeated part reminds me of Scars by Papa Roach. And that's prolly not a coincidence. It's very full of... anxiety? That's probably not the word for it. But the emotion I feel from it is reminiscent of sadness and helplessness. Makes me feel the same way I feel when I can't help someone, when I can't do anything for them, when I can't be what they need me to be. Real intense, at least for me. Rhyme is a great addition. Overall, very nice. XD

I've only seen it in my dreams.
Watch its shimmers, watch its gleams.
I watch it beating in my hand.
I give it as yours to command.
Take the heart from this very chest.
Take it all, take the rest.
Take me, take me, dead or alive.
I need your touch, need you to thrive.
Life without you's an empty shell;
I'd rather spend forever in hell.
Burn me, cut me, bleed me, bite me.
Stab me, drown me, crucify me.
Take the life from this selfish fake.
My heart is yours, yours to break.
Throw my flesh unto the birds,
just first, speak the unspeakable words.
Tell me you love me, look into my eyes.
Then you can cut me, call me wise.
Watch me bleed, watch me cry.
It's all for you, for you I'll die.

It is like you recognize man as inherently bad/evil/negativity....as if you had a Legalistic view of humanity.
This is similar and yet not in my view of humanity. To me, we are all things...or at least hold the potential to be all things.

So what's up comrade?

Dunno how this one got past meh. But it did, and now after having read it, wow.

Really great. Makes me think of quantity versus quality, really. It's always better to have a handful of quality than a landful of half-a** [whatever the object is]. Not as long as what's usual of you. Love word choice, especially the sounds. Some lines rhyme internally, others adjacent, some not at all, and somehow it works. A story of passionate believers gaining ranks of others, losing those ranks to defeat...and coming back just a strong, just as true as they began, if not more so. I love it. Great work, Dante.