Rudiarius: Habit of Conflict

Habit of conflict
All of my being expressed
In retribution
(and freebased war)
Imperial jawline unhinged
From the towering monument
Its lips pressed 'gainst the hilt
To kiss the ring of verdict

Now, as its teeth sink
Into the wooden blade
Out the well of its throat
Ejects the nectar of revolt
Proclamations to saturate
The hive in fruitless satiation

Cell-by-cell
Conscience trickles down the hourglass
Now is the time which discord presides
Over a freedom overpowered

Habit of conflict
All of my being expressed
In retribution

Colossus everted
Bound by intestines
To its killing table
Royal entrails exhumed
Of allegiance and doctrine
(Sovereign waste)
The septic empire in
Sovereign waste

Habit of conflict