Glacial, the gaze of wintry viridian irides Silken, the heavenly flesh Lurid, the flames of a paradise awry Mourning all the sinister angels have blessed With their tainted perfection, their hideous lies Hope shines so thinly in an eonian land barren of all love Great men become emptied, the tormented cry Amidst desolation, a beautiful dove Becomes alive, voicing a longing call Amongst forgotten pantheons, a saviour resides Though, broken, gashed, beaten, and threshed Awakened by beautiful birdsong, driven to reply Was this an augury? He must strike out to answer this call from above Β To redeem some grace, from the woe of it all