The Failing Dawn
Perhaps if summer ever came to rest
Through days like oceans in obsidian

The stars now gone from above the city
I watched for the dead to return
Then fell a stillness to the unshapen dawn
The faint, the dark, the stagnant water
Beyond the mist I saw the hungry waves

The stately dance advances, I should know by now

Our perfect hours had grown and gone so fast
And while good things shall pass
We pray they would last
To soon we'll see the end
Of the days and the realms we amassed
I looked down on the saddest city lane
I walked into the rain

The lamps expire and the shadows fall
Unprinted silence in a double dream
The stars never to return to the city
I watched as the dead returned
Then fell a stillness to the failing dawn
The faint, the dark, the stagnant water
Beyond the mist I saw the hungry waves

Our perfect hours had grown and gone so fast
And while good things shall pass
We pray they would last
To soon we'll see the end of
The day and the realms we amassed
I looked down on the saddest city lane
I walked into the rain