Where time has stood
I passed
And glanced aside
I saw the lank and yellowed
Bones
The dried stick and
The scythe
I heard the breath of spring
Cut short by
Death.
The
Dead Tower
Cracked
Like Phanes' Egg
Where She
Hauled forth the Snake
With wings
The walls breached
Gripped by Satan's
Tail as
She
Contains the
Winter
Spewing forth
The
Spring
I shall lead, says the boy
And indeed he points the way
His feet precede him for he
Has not turned his head
I will come, only wait
Says the man -
Something calls
I shall stay, says the king
I remain
Unimpressed with the world
- let the world come to me
But he watches the boy
His heart heavy with
Fear
I passed
And glanced aside
I saw the lank and yellowed
Bones
The dried stick and
The scythe
I heard the breath of spring
Cut short by
Death.
The
Dead Tower
Cracked
Like Phanes' Egg
Where She
Hauled forth the Snake
With wings
The walls breached
Gripped by Satan's
Tail as
She
Contains the
Winter
Spewing forth
The
Spring
I shall lead, says the boy
And indeed he points the way
His feet precede him for he
Has not turned his head
I will come, only wait
Says the man -
Something calls
I shall stay, says the king
I remain
Unimpressed with the world
- let the world come to me
But he watches the boy
His heart heavy with
Fear