As bright days diminish Replaced by aphotic / landscapes of Autumn Withdrawing all yearnings for life Branches writhing with grief and hatred. Somber reflections of a sordid existence. ….. Drown this world in cold Miasma of decaying / Imposing the senses Failure and loss / All I've ever known Purge us of mirth / The dying must begin. Cloaked in obsidian veils Effluvium of time-ravished graves... In earth's virulence... tormenting the accursed All is drenched in grief and sorrow Mortality: so feeble, and so dim. Sanctuaries of solace and light Savagely crushed into ashes and dust. Falling silent by November's cruel embrace Emergence of funereal winds One last desperate gasp Before the reign of pestilence. Behold a monolith of ruin Graven spires of negation guide us to nullity. Sardonic wintry cold consumes us all. Spiritless. Lifeless forms. As bright days diminish Replaced by aphotic / landscapes of Autumn Withdrawing all yearnings for life Branches writhing with grief and hatred. Somber reflections of a sordid existence.