Ritualistic inhalation
In the dwelling of the deceased
Husk sacrificed
So I may breathe
Suffocated no more
The trinity's hold has been vanquished
Pustulous presence felt
It resonates within my spirit
A charnel rush grants me strength
To reign in repugnance
Sacramental dead
Inverted Eucharistic rite
Partake of the bile
The dermal bread
Catholicorpse
Overwhelming horripilation
I am graced by macabre cloak
Pathological shelter taken
Respirating the rotten
Entombed yet thriving
The mausoleum is my palace
Venerated by those inhumed
Interred in the undercroft
The breath of the buried dwells in my lungs
Suspiring the offering
In this haunt, I am rechristened
As God
Necromantic vessel
Infusing death
With great sanctitude
Proscribed practice
At one with tombspirit
Guiding sage
O luminous reaper
Bearing scythe of truth
From binds of existence
Liberate this soul
Zenith achievement
A mortal no more
GREAT DEATH TAKE ME
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