light was there for a time
sunny golden bright

cruel frost now bites and
blows the crackling blight

hope lives in children’s eyes
never to escape

life will crush the sparkle
from the glimmer scrape

show me joy you angel
how beautifully you ignore

was the light a mace
to lash the devil’s *****

grasp the empty now
feel the ice embrace

scream now in fire
have no need of grace