There comes a time when rushing streams Meet their end on outstretched crops The clatter heard from all obtruse Defies the senses foregone in lust Maelstrom it has came to be Winded piles of ash and dust Sacred tombs of gutter snakes Trampled, onward sunset falls The grips of tangled blight unknown Shall pass the moment, just ajar As open doors and unmarked steps The willow branch comes faded green Happenstance to raging fires Light is given, unbeguiled This too, will pass or so was said Begone the miles yet ahead