A visit

So go ahead, cut me as deep as you can,

while you hide your own scars.

Baptizing yourself in my blood,

Claiming to be a victim by the stains

that it left.

I'll pay the heaviest price,

If Karma even exists there will be a heavy Penance. While you think your cashing in, you're reserving me your soul.

My calloused hands did the work,

blistered, raw, and bear.

I have nothing left to take, none of you go elsewhere.

Strip my carcass leaving nothing but my bones.

I'll lay here and take that fate that you could never own.

Corruption, ill intent, malice are the only seeds you've ever sown.

No mask was ever made that could hide those things for long.

Inevitably, You'll awaken,

surrounded by your wreckage.

Father Time had been no stranger.

A mirror you were shown,

The reflection staring back

Was all the wicked you had done.

Time paid you a visit,

the years came to collect;

While weary on your death bed,

all the tears had paid your debt.