Accendo, ergo sum

i am the shade of grey 
the in-between tide of eternal ending day 
a sentinel 
a monolith 
above and beneath the earth 
i am the birth of your most eloquent eulogy 
a shadowkey 
a codiac 
driven by impetus of starvation 
i am the jawbone of an unexpected god 
the mandible of Hammurabi 
(we sway like the mantis) 
we sway as dancing murderers 

and now i am the folded sky 
the lie you won't stop telling 
the furtive dagger in your throat 
i am blackened salvation 
your bleak white preservation 
the crown of thorns, anointing as it scathingly adorns 
the head of what you thought i was 

tread lightly, child 

i am your gospel now defiled