Torn asunder
with senses heightening,
this delicate thunder
and fearless lightening
will strike a chord
in the despairing slums,
as the horror’s restored
with the march of the drums.
Towers will fall
with the smell of defeat
and the giants stand small
when ghosts walk the street.
Ravaged with grief
and whispering through doors,
the stealth of a thief
and the evil of wars.
Raining down glass
through the shadows on walls,
with the shards of the past
The apocalypse calls.
Armies unite
for the glittering prize,
as the phoenix takes flight
Futurity sighs.
Oceans divide
and infernos will rage
as the planets collide
in this, a new age.
No man is free
from the sinner’s old hand,
and the devil’s decree
is death roams the land.
Black widow’s weeds
under whitewash of ashes,
fragile loneliness breeds
when all pretence crashes.
Masses retreat
to the holes underground
and when hope’s obsolete
who will be crowned
prince amongst lion
from heads hanging in shame.
Silent prayers of a zion
fall down in vain.
Through tears that burn,
people look to the sun,
and to whom do they turn
when God’s work is done.