Hear my words,
This statement made:
All is dust,
Even stars and rain.
"Rise and shine,
Rise, and shine."
Ashes are adrift
on a glazen beach,
Time is passing
while you're asleep.
"Not that I wish to imply that
you have been sleeping"
Glass was born
of fire and sand;
Forget not
what you owe the land.
"And all the effort in the world
would have gone to waste until,"
Perfection,
This statement made:
I am here
to create and crave.
"The right man in the wrong place
can make all the difference in the world."
All is dust,
I find comfort in that;
Naught but ash,
No constrained path.
"So wake up 'Mister Freeman',
Wake up and smell the ashes."
Life is memory,
And that I crave;
Better not to ponder,
This statement made.
Half-stanzas borrowed from G-Man's introductory speech in/to Half-Life 2 (2004).