preface

so what, why, and wherefore
poems written to restore
these were set down to elucidate
the cage around we see as fate

to explain to you
what's plain to me
to take my truths
and set them free

that we create our gods as culture
and understand them as immutable
that while we worship, they endure
but in our remaking they're refutable

mars, moloch, mammon, and mara
with whose worship we remake gomorrah
that they make real bitter hatred
that they pervert what should be sacred

the purpose here is heresy
of our corrupted pantheon
that we remake with clarity
and usher here a bright new dawn

this was written for those who can read
for those with hearts that weep and bleed
bound together with silver string
this was written for all who sing