The Bloodletter

[Verse 1] Story of the bloodletter The stake of hate which I was untethered taught me how to love better, uh Every time I write, it's like a love letter Thoughts start to flow, an erosion from where the flood measured He didn't die, we saw the sun set, Ra and Sekhmet To cross an intersection at the solar plexus Sunday morning on the intercom, alarms ring of sepsis This inner calm a gift through resurrection You don't gotta die to live again, we on the mend To fall asleep or fall against the wall a solemn man I'm shedding light on all that's bottled in, it got a stench I caught a whiff of death in moments I would call intense For all intents and purposes, face of stone ain't known to men Gazing at the mirror ain't the place to vent Lacerations come and go, the affirmation claim his lips Spoken in the tone of life, I needed this when I was six I needed this when I was six [Verse 2] I rise from out the spot that such a power died My light source projecting, I don't cower at my shadow's size anymore War within me swarmed in all directions, pulled 'til I was torn I got twenty more years to mourn And many more tears to give, many more years to live And plenty more fears to face that need to see it all erased Will falsify the truth innate, illuminate my darkest hours Living in the fumes is not a waste, I got a higher power Ascending in a tower Sifting through the clouds, it ain't clear what isn't ours The voices get louder An echo through the chamber, mama didn't raise no coward I can alchemize the anger Alternating angles, my council full of angels Jesus born in Palestine, the baby in the manger was a novice Found solutions for the problems when in danger They will always have the prophet to be slain first The same surrender on the stained earth Trust, being full of shame hurts The chicken or the egg, whichever came first, it don't matter Watched the bottom of the hourglass as sand gathered