[Suzerain of Sheol]

Harrowing

When the rains have ended,
when the pity has run dry,
when the gulls go blind on the empty shore,
you shall remain.

When the quake has settled,
when the flood has stilled,
when the grass reclaims the carnage,
you shall remain.

When the stone has spoken,
when the road has failed,
when the ocean refuses an answer,
you shall remain.

When the hours wilt in silence,
when the forests rot with woe,
when the blood has thinned to air and water,
you shall remain.

When the sky has closed its eyes,
when the last monument falls,
when the dead must bury themselves,
still, you shall remain.

And when the ages have been slain,
when the temples forget their purpose,
when the memory is ice
and the rains begin to fall once more,
we shall know
what it was to live.