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