Cold shadows of leering stalkers,
Velvety nights of soft, golden laces,
Harsh razor edges of angel's wings,
Feathery eclipses of steely pinions,
Downy plumes of twilight's specters,
Darkening halos of diamond's ashes,
Clouds of dust, interlacing patterns,
Of ruby, emerald, and silver weaves,
Moon stare away through cloak of mists,
Of baleful sun scathing 'cross the dunes,
Seas of sun ray, seas of doom.
Killer of angels, bearer of knives
Crusher of promises, speaker of lives
Burner of dreams so carefully spun
Deathless yet mortal; life’s only begun
Bringer of malice and anger and hate
Seer of visions of life’s filthy state
Watcher of battles that have not begun
Beholder of murders, achiever of none
Forger of fantasies formed out of lies
Betrayer of holy, fooler of wise
Prophet for those who cannot recall
Observer of empires that now like snow fall
Viewer of much, speaker to few
Patron of old, opposer of new
Dying yet live, seeing yet blind
Heaven and hell and living combined
Watcher eternal, yet fleetingly brief
Watch the deaths build, and then watch the grief
As the impassive earth turns now once more
Life is declining, its final encore
Observe as now just one more race takes the play
To live and to die and to see one more day
But humankind too is only a spark
When the fire is gone all returns to the dark
CURSE
by MCD
Curse the wind and all it carries
Curse the earth and sea and sky
Curse the slave and curse the master
Curse all things that crawl or fly
See the earth with life now teeming
Curse it all and run away
Curse the air and curse the water
Curse the night and curse the day
Curse the winds
Curse the sky
Curse the gods
As death draws nigh
Curse the flesh
And curse the pain
Curse the profit
Curse the gain
Flee from life
And through the door
Cursing, cursing
Evermore