my path to absolution

is found within my screams

I must achieve redemption

to have my soul be clean

I offer up my body

my skin is free to thee

I'm sacrificing my flesh

my faith grows as I bleed

self inflict empathy

pain is my homage

shackled and tormented

to feel worthy

on my knees

arched back

the lashes commence

kisses of leather

rub flesh

I'm at peace

bit my lips

and taste my flow

and clench my fist

and swallow

the agony

I watch the day

before my eyes

slip into

a tortured paradise

I feel his swath replace my blood

the masochist's worship

man's diseased

his hedonistic ways a plague to all

I'll show them the wrath of god

I pray for thee

their salvation and uncertainty

I'll show them the wrath of god

father forgive them for they know not what they do

lost

wayward

fall to earthly vice

I surrender them to you

castigate my body

strike my flesh

save my soul

mutilate my body

this vessel

of damnation

castigate my body

burn the flesh

blind thy eyes

anticipate

my elevation

salvation I shall rise

rise

the ecstasy

of my misery

from the purging of

my impurities

rise above

my mortal need

for faith and love

and worldly greed