Oh the tangled webs we weave,
The stupid shit we do.
Words strangled upon the lips
Wet with venomous dew.
There lie mangled solemn oaths;
Sincerely they were sworn.
The bells jangled in mockery
Of the day when white was worn.
In new-fangled self-centeredness,
The conscience left to wilt,
Brightly dangled forbidden fruit
Poisons the soul with guilt.

Bone-dry black
Then flame flutters
Darkness banished
Instantaneous illumination
Stability to speed
A case of catalyst
Gleam for the guilty
Engraved with a name
Dust into dust
Strong crumbles
Scattered powder
Shattered structure
Contracts and laws
Physics' court jester
Count by precedence
Of the broken and bent
Elevated alchemy
Lead into light
Sparkling mid-air
Everything glitters