Down and down Layered Layers upon layers Years and centuries Down through the earth Layered Cities built On the back of ruins Those ruins themselves Layered and layered On the backs of further ruins Far more ancient Yet equally hollow Layered sepulchers Tombs and labyrinths Overlapping and intersecting Time and space Layered themselves Deeper and deeper Places and spirits Intertwined Layered and overlapping Time does not pass Or perhaps it does Only backwards and forwards Swinging like a pendulum Deeper and deeper Until all layers are one All spaces the same And all time Now layered together