Nepenthe

It's a blinding, pervasive light
 Today the sunrise is vermillion
 I will drink the tears of the stars
 Fill me with flames, shortcircuit my neurons
 I probe the intangible spectra
 Whisper truths to the ones who can't speak
 Climb out from the stifling void
 Emerge the rising sons of neptune
 But the path is perilous
 Beware the siren's call, it churns and swells
 A respite to distract from the trail, but...
 The nepenthe... it kills
 Cast it aside
 It allures, but the concoction is sinister
 You shall not trespass at the gates of gods
 Avert our wanton eyes, preclude our inquiries
 With hollow stimulation and promises of eternity
 Reject the nepenthe
 Follow the serpentine vermillion to the brink of existence