Apprentice

These violent delights have violent ends

You listened as words mingled with dripping

Silence as heavy as nightfall

Covered your shattered ears

These violent delights have violent ends

You thought as the slashing turned to feathers caressing

White oblivion

Shaded the colored world

These violent delights have violent ends

You heard as alcohol stung

The chattering chains

Released their metallic grasp

These violent delights have violent ends

You carried as shadows clung your feet

Red beckoned

A comforting friend

These violent delights have violent ends

You fell head rolling

Jade words never to reach

If only they first could .