Syrtis Magna

Crawling out of a sea of slime
Every muscle burning from this effort
It’s seemingly endless to regain the horizon
It's seemingly endless to fill my lungs with air

Purity it seems wasn't meant for me
As I swim painfully
I reminisce the feeling of breathing
And what a loved one looks like

Oh, what a fool I was
Believing there was something for me
Up in their midst
I found myself in Pandaemonium

How I thought ambrosia elevated myself
Liberated me from apathy
A fiery river in an ice-cold chalice

Every featurе of mine stripped
Standing becamе an herculean feat
Speech vile and indistinct
Cascading like a flood of mud

My body screamed for me to stop
The fire eating at my very life
The filth in me taking over
Spewing out, out of control

Sinking, reality blurring
I thought, I need more
More and more
Inching deeper in the muck
Exit the platitudes

The conspirators who brought my woes
Removing the cloaks to reveal
A myriad of doppelgangers
Laughing as I accept
Welcoming my deserved castigation