Life Is but a Burning Being

Coming downwards
Life is in pain
Slither deeper
Dwelling in damp dirt
Ceaseless beating
Darkened corners
Living to be
Consumed by misery

I read the words
Of the old book
The letters burn

I speak the words
Inside my mind
I feel the flame

Oblivious existence
Totting away
No day, nor light
All gone, the same
Caged lifeforms
Trapped spirits
Whirling around
Ceasing to breathe

Caged birds
Represent my soul
I open the lock
And free them all

Swirling bodies
Fluttering away
Into the morning
The rope it frees me
The soul may leave
The words still echo
Life is but a burning being