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Denial of carnal impulses, 

Denies what makes us human. But

when neither fame nor passion

or the light of gold and treasure,

succeed to fill a never-ending pit

Emanating from within. Can

drive one to the edge 

of insanity. Like a bat out of hell

searching for a counterbalance

as inner saints and sinners collide.

Tearing the soul in two, leaving a cranium 

in the sanitarium and

a temple destined to lie in ruins.

Author's Note

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