Absolution

I feel them crawling inside of my head

Hear the footsteps and clawing of the dead

Aching for release from their baleful cries

Trying to channel through me their last goodbyes

Confessing their sins a lifetime too late

Crying for freedom from their inner hate

Asking me to give them some absolution

Like I'm the savior in my mental institution 

They beg for forgiveness I can't give

Beg for me to allow their good deeds to live

I tell them time and again it's not in my control 

I'm barely the guardian of my own immortal soul

I can't help these phantoms to ease their pain

They don't understand that I'm barely sane

I'm precariously balanced and fumbling

Shuffling the halls in my mind and mumbling