Drowned

from The Crimson Boughs and Other Short Tales by Hands Of Despair

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Cursed,
Inquiry damned
Yet knowledge is power, alas.
Warned,
Avoid what thou craves,
Temptations will conquer thee fast,

Flint box,
it gleams in the gloaming,
Bursting with speckled black light.
White,
reflected shape, white,
this attic now hosts other life.
Clad in clerical garb,
thin, olive and pale.
Pale, peculiar features,
of concealedly evil mien.

Nervous and frantic,
Burning all manner of magical tomes,
Grave faced
Counsel surrounds,
Shunning the pale man in hatred and fear.

Visions
Of spectral play,
Instilled, a tale of days past.
Of Eld
And sorcery, cast,
Exiled for transgressions of sombre caste.
Dark
His spell craft is,
Illicit, cabalistic verse.
Sentenced,
Excommunicated
Yet inexorable the curse.

Pariah marked,
He delved into scriptures of forgotten Gods.
The charred remains
Forever retain
The uncouth formulas therein.

Pale,
Coalescing light,
Countless, the eyes
Drowned in his guise, for centuries

Gazes crossed within the vision.
Unshackled, the bounds of Time.
Spirits shift through reflection.
His pale face henceforth mine.

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from The Crimson Boughs and Other Short Tales, track released December 3, 2021

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Hands of despair is a progressive black/death metal from Montreal, Canada. We play long, dark songs.

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