In The Mind And Marrow-Shai Hulud

In The Mind And Marrow - Shai Hulud But puncture the skin or fracture the bone The present pain insists we are mortal Brother A hammer to the knees disarms even the unassailable As you live with every stir and exhalation You are subject to death Justify this perfection Disconnection from humanity A sentient form of heart and bone Of warmth and thought And you still break the body Judgment has failed in the dominant Warm flesh beaten cold A bloodless husk lies one shade from physical death No justify this perfect disconnection from humanity All of mankind demands to understand what is in your heart And how the hands become detached from the mind Dear mortal We call you to account for the deeds of savagery You will answer to the living world Alas Not an uttered word Brother You are in error What fires the core What moves the mind What enables the man Cancer in the mind and marrow An unacceptable disorder of cruel decision and shrewd awareness The living world is burning to treat the affliction To rip out the cancer For dear life No defense will mend a broken bone No words are healing bleeding wounds Let yourself bleed if you are to let blood Brother You are in error