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Shine not thou winter sun

On the frozen earth

Thy silent monotone shall remain

Untouched by snow shunned to the ground

Nothing left of life

But me, that's its sorrow

Freshly carved on its rusty flesh

Footsteps, solely my crippling own

Remains of defunct pests

On the face of the earth

Tacit confession

Of feebleness

Retaken is all

Revenge of nature on pride

Epilogue of us

Genesis anew

From dust we came

To oak we shall grow

Of cement again

Once risen the earth

Forgotten become

All who once dwelt

Mother earth cast me off

As a stale shell they made you wear

As leeches you drowned in your rage

Mother earth I lay in the dirt

In a grave that I eagerly delved

Yet no one's here to entomb me

Epilogue of us

Genesis anew

From dust we came

To oak we shall grow

Of cement again

Once risen the earth

Forgotten become

All who once dwelt

Behold! I am your sorrow.

Cress my carcass, let me rest

So that with you I may meld

I bury my kind as I lie in your hand

For I beheld in terror and awe

As they glaciate down to their bones

And death arrived upon us, disguised as frost

Enshrouded their now-humble corpse