Let myself fade from view
As all of my strengths
Take hold of the day

For I am but a fool
A shadowy fiend
Dissolved in my frets
Discolored and maimed

For they cannot know
Of my tragic skin
The scale and the scars
I’ve earned amid strife

Let the night ensnare
My every fault
For the greater good
For shame
Is my newfound home

For I am the war-ravaged youth
The ruinous sprawl
Unfit for the swell
Of earthbound gods

Let only
My legacy of words
Thrive on
Away from my reach