A Life Set Ablaze

A bloody wrath overtakes this torn world Everything is tainted, primal black and red Any conscious thought evaporates in the face of this inferno Emotion reigns supreme, a tyrant ostracizing my mind Questions of how and why are seared to ash Realization dawns screaming a war cry of rage Doubt is chased away by a dark acceptance No need proceeds before this rampaging tempest There is no calm center in this turbulence A universe consumed by elemental forces No living entity can survive this incredible turmoil The torment begins, shrouding all in contempt The hope I lived on... this foul image named love Held me as shackles to the very gates of Hell how much pain can this ill-placed faith endure In the face of a cancer inflicted by that very love That cruel agent of malice strikes critically deep Bottomless grief and sorrow assault this shell Accusations war with self loathing, a terrible slaughter While I lay limp in frozen chains constructed on an illusion The tyrant drenches this body in furious conflict Stirring blame and regret into a whirlpool I drown and smother in turns, always with the cold Tethered to this onslaught by my own forsaken will The agent vies for dominance against the tyrant yet neither can match my mistress For she is my bane the weakness I forged in my soul And she sees this life as a waste Refuse to be disposed of A smear on the pavement Unworthy of the simplest kindness And I shred my own mind, knowing that all this pain... all this torture... my very existence has been led in vain. For a woman who mocks my very soul... Ok I know this is rough. I wrote this some time ago and only now can detatch myself enough to edit it. PLEASE give me some feedback. Most of my writing is free verse but I still attempt to give it a smooth flow. All comments welcomed.