And so It Begins -

Nothing at all like the extravagant passing

So valuable to them

So invaluable to all

So it ends

Heart of oak and lead

Distant I see it

My heart longs for it

So it ends

No replacement for its shroud

So it ends

And so it begins

And now the storms blast

Shredding wooden masts

Tyrannical deserts

Of times past

And now the storms pass

Monstrous waving flags

Freezing what little they had

So it ends

It’s a damned life

With no I and no other

Who hears the sound?

Nothing at all like the extravagant passing

So valuable to them

So invaluable to all

So it ends

But worry not

Because so it ends

And so it begins

The richness of self

And the emptiness of being

When the sky was opened

And solitude reigned

Total paranoia

Is just total awareness

Total disgrace

In its mortal sternness

And so it begins

The final stand of man

Our ultimate judgement