XVII: Sacrifice

I am a sacrifice
I slice across my arms to feel pain
Bitter sweet and deep like chocolate
Red pools by my feet and I sink in

There is shouting the ritual disrupted
The sacrifice tainted
My blade desecrated
But my life is saved

I am a sacrifice
Tied to an altar of sacrifice
My life pours out of my arms
My god is appeased
A god of pain

no one will stop me
My body twitches in agony
My blood sticky and hot
I am almost gone
I am so close to what I need
A beautiful crescendo of death
That ends in silence

I am gone
I am gone
I am gone
Then I am saved

Someone interrupts me
They don't know what I have to do
I am chosen
I am a sacrifice of pain

It needs the pain so I give it
I take the burden
I give the blood
I am a demon of metal and flesh
I am silent
I am still
I am...dead