You gather around what warms you
Call it truth, call it blood
You press your name into its surface
Until it answers back as you
You build your altars out of likeness
Kneel to mirrors made of flame
What you cherish, you encircle
What you bless, you try to claim
Closer.
Closer still.
No distance left to breathe.
You consume.
What you love
You draw inside.
What you love
You crucify.
Love.
Hate.
One mouth.
You speak of unity in chorus
But mean alignment to your will
You praise devotion as a virtue
While shaping it to fit your silhouette
You love the echo of agreement
Fear the fracture of dissent
So you tighten every border
Until affection turns to defense
Hold it.
Name it.
Make it yours.
You consume.
What you love
You redefine.
What you love
You set in stone.
Love.
Hate.
Same throne.
You do not hate without first loving.
You do not burn what you do not hold.
The fire that binds you
Feeds the smoke that blinds you.
You consume, greedy.
I can't fill your empty!