HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME: Desideratum

Essence incarnate
Hanging by an insane thread
This reverie consumes me
This vision I must shed

Corporeal craving
Transcendent transgression
Such sacred betrayal
In this cryptic confession

Claw away at the skin
That masks the torrid need
Find the doorway to Nirvana
Inside, where it bleeds

Quintessential temptation
To negotiate unholy fire
The only path to my salvation
Is through your worldly empire