Through boundless eons of black chasms of time Stygian waters have hidden a secret dark For something lurks far beyond the threshold of ocean and sky Something swims deep down in the dark heart of Adam's Ale It's hulking mass creeps through the ages with crystalline eyes Always searching, always waiting Through vast, vacuous gloom and murky brine Yellow-emerald light signals the arrival of the Gaping Void Lighteater, Purveyor of Doom with voidmight abound Cosmic sustenance; celestial bodies on which he will feed An alignment of dead stars will beckon the ascent A new age of perfect midnight will begin And there will be a terrible reckoning When terror rises from the deep
A piece I composed to accompany a painting I made a few years ago. I thought it was appropriate to share since Halloween is right around the corner.