Born of nature
This defenseless shell
This harmless suit
Serenity is all that is known

Grown from nature
Higher it grows
Up, up, and up it grows
Until the trees are out of sight

This godly figure soaring
Joints separating and extending
The stars are the limit

Legends passed down
Of splinters of pain
Each sting a horrifying new reality
Each drop of blood a release of soul

A sonic boom of explosions
The first splinter plunges in
Deep
Striking veins and nerves
The second plunges in
Motor skills lost
Stumbling and tumbling down
down
Third splinter wells you out
Hollows the soul
Spinal column tapped
Dragged
Spat out into a vat of acid

Three splinters

The huntress fired twice
Crippling masterwork frames

The world fired once
Disposing of the wounded

This land has no heart for the weak
Once down
There is no getting back up