My petals wither My vision fades My name has vanished from my stone My beauty rotten as I perish all alone Was once alive Was once adored But now I weep in melancholy tears The ghosts of mirth, laid to rest over many years Deep in the grave the echoes sing Shedding all that was in worm-infested shroud My bright existence, my shining valour disavowed Hear me sing underfoot Hear my cursed legacy, see it taking root My decrepitude merely transmutation’s will