Steel knights, together weld,
Stone walls beaten bare.
Hellish engines coil and spring,
Grey wisps trail along the air.
Ensigns charred, banners burnt,
One flag flapping bright.
Coloured crimson, orange, yellow,
Invading a serene night.
Burning carcass of past prime,
Glowing in a mournful pyre.
Is fire's aeon upon us?
Is the globe consumed entire?
A veil atop the blackened heaps,
As dense as swarms of flies.
No child cries, no man weeps,
Vapored are all tears.
Flames like telsons, sting and still,
Flames like nails, peel and drill.
When cracklings engulf thy voice,
When heat engulfs thy sight,
Accede and ascend,
Be one with the light.