Mirage from NecRomance by Nix Nihil

Mirage

Ran out of water at the last town
Stagger to the next on weary feet
Stumble with the rhythms of the burning wind
Wiry nerves and tired skin

I long for beauty
Purged for days
Hallucinating,
Through labyrinthine sandstorms
Isn’t it pretty?
With the glittering flechettes
Beneath a murderous sun
A pitiless sun

Behold, the beauty!
See the sheen
of the luxurious blossoming
impervious imperium
this splendid city.
Isn’t it pretty?
With its glittering arcades
And its superior lifeways
So free of strife waves
A society that’s strong.

Ran out of water at the last town
Stagger to the next on weary feet
Encountering these visions of a paradise
Minding my deceiving eyes

Dispel the beauty!
See the sheen
of the luxurious coverings
of injurious coveting
in this splendid city.
Isn’t it pretty?
With its glittering facades
on the shoddy creations
of a flawed system
a society going wrong.

Deny false beauty!
Penetrate the sheen
With the interrogating beams
piercing the city.
Isn’t it pretty?
With its glittering facades
Caking on concealers
masks a flawed system
a failing mission
a society gone wrong.

Ran out of water at the last town
Stagger to the next on weary feet
Stumble with the rhythms of the burning wind
Wiry nerves and tired skin

• Esoteric
• Experimental
• Fusion
• Industrial
• Neotribal
• Spoken Word
• Kamloops