a restless battle

beaten, bludgeoned
back to life-defibrillated
into luminous existence
shift, shudder, tremble
praise, bow, cry
transcend cloudless peaks
to live holy and angelic
watch from aerial structure
the carnage, hatred, density
intensity, annihilation-
Redemption?
spiraling back toward
shameful earth landing
on a knife of
anguish
a trembling breakdown
of flats and sharps
rumble amidst the chaos
as demons
mercilessly moan
and the volume
grows and this
hellish pit becomes
remorse, regret, sorrow
blind and numb
in a stiff bed
of wires