American Cathedral

Incarnadine seas 
what a test of obedience 
the way you stand before me 
With midnight rain in your eyes 
Desire this rising apocalypse
I watched the days collapse to ash 
Madonna Reverend of the Darkening Skies
the gods were voyaging 
Madonna of the miracles leaving me again  
voyaging gods like voids in my throat 
Madonna of the storms
these were the oblivions I chose
you taught me to breathe again 
at the harbor of souls 
the days collapsed to ash 
Genesis rain from the midnight skies 
this shackling of a feral being
wanting with the abandon of storms 
wasteland of dead remembrances 
you taught me to breathe again 
When you speak you execute me 
This was the apocalypse I survived 
Your eyes blooming like night flowers on the mountainsides  
I wandered in that wide wilderness 
Leftovers of light
Vanitas I collapsed 
You were the wind beneath my wings
Then you slipped from my fingertips 
I witnessed light’s genesis 
This is the mirror of fire 
Noble soul I was sure you were born in a golden world 
Phoenix rising from the ashes of genesis
Your golden soul surely beloved you were born in another golden world 
Desire this light Genesis  
Into the carcass Earth I was deserted
Darkness like an arrow to my heart
Awakening the Incarnadine seas
Desire how I wanted ravenously 
God made me a fragile oblivion 
Desire awakening the incarnadine seas
God made me a fragility
The eternal return to dust
Desire this fragile Genesis 
Collapsing in your kingdoms of light 
By Saturn’s return we were blossoming dust 
This is drowning genesis 
This is the mirror of fire this is how you die 
Come my angel face the ravine 
The universe was shining 
Desire this senseless oblivion living in my veins 
I walked into midnight rivers
come my angel face the rains 
This is drowning genesis 
This is the mirror of light
This is how you survive the incarnadine seas 
You were anguished like starlight in black graves
This universe shrinking from desire’s senseless oblivion
Forsake your awakening
This is the universe of fire you live in  
Like the faithless void I was chained to whirlwinds
Desire burned a wilderness in me