In Ruins

Cowering in the corner
Waiting for you to strike
Brow-beaten
Abused
I know it's only
A matter of time
Before you leave me
In ruins

Trapped in this
Ill-forgotten
God-forsaken
Place
The shattered skulls
That taunt me
Make it up;
The place you left
In ruins

I am to become
Just one more
Of those empty skulls
As my soul leaves
Holding my life ransom
With you
Beating me down
Till nothing's left
But ruins

That black liquid
Leaks from the ceiling
Reeking of sin
That unbearable stench
Suffocates me
But makes you thrive
It slowly kills and leaves all
In ruins

My skin crawls
In pain
It screams
To be rid of
That searing ink
It calls out
To beyond
The ruins

But I smother it
The screams must not
Be heard
I cannot bear
That burning,
That terrifying light
That is so foreign to me
To the dark ruins

One last breath
My soul slips out
You laugh
That sneer on your face
As the black ink overcomes me
My life vanished and gone
I'm left
In nothing but ruins.