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Messiah

by Nanase Hikaru

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You, Messiah
Clockwork angel,
Wake up, shine bright,
on the endless night.
Release all my glacier time.

From him who is and who was and who is coming,
"I am the Alpha and the omega,
the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
"I know your doings,
that you are said to live, but you are dead."
"Be awake and invigourate the things that remain
that are at the point of dying."
"Fallen, Babylon the great."
"I'm coming soon,"
"And night shall be no more."
Hallelujah! Salvation, glory and power belongs to God.

Aurora, eschaton open eyes
Midday, you'd be no more boy
Twilight, though wings torn away.

Silent sea, Screaming ground, shining sky to fly
Emerald sea, sardius ground, Jasper sky to bleed
and fall as sweet rain

As I mentioned in the poem of 'Untitled', Messiah was the song I listened to as I hurt myself. I listened to it over and over, and it just swamped my senses and reasoning. It's still a beautiful song, true, but with tainted memories. But after all, is not the dagger sharp and bloody but also beautiful?

Messiah I did not write. I put it in this section because it hits so close to home for me. And also because I don't know the author, I am using these without their permission. "Messiah" belongs to Nanase Hikaru, not myself.

Return me to the Lair