Flayed

Convicted of a crime, sentenced now to die
Terror rips your mind as you realize you will

Feel the razor sliding beneath your skin
Slowly pulled away in strips
You are flayed

Bound to a table
The wood stained black from years of gore
Heart is pounding right out of your chest
As the executioners approach

A sharp pain as the blade splits your skin
Despite yourself you cry out, howling in agony
This fiendish reparation, carried out haltingly
Mind is bending, cannot accept what you feel and see

Stripped from the ankles up to the knees
The worst is yet to come
Deeper into insanity, weeping and wailing and trembling

Feel the razor sliding beneath your skin
Slowly pulled away in strips
You are flayed

Shock defeats you
As they peel your skin away

A bloody mess, they carve and dissect
Decorticate, a husk to disconnect
Such suffering!

Feel the razor sliding beneath your skin
Slowly pulled away in strips
You are flayed

A numbness begins to take you away
A vague sensation akin to sinking into a freezing lake
How long can this go on, you’re trying now to die
Still feel them cutting... and tugging... and tearing

Flayed!