dawn bleeds like a wounded beast as fires pale climb the stairway of kings

an ancient mirage strung from the green flame pillar of a twisted star

let me tell you a story of a blade that bears the weight of wars forgotten

a serpent coiled in dusk must burn to remember its name

shatter be reborn shift to shadow all in a single breath of season

in the pyre’s gleam the mad gods writhe like dying embers

red as rust eels in the moonlit mire coil through the rot and rubble

the prophet of bone claims that the stars are dead and traces a finger through space dust