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Desolation

By candle's flame

Raised in effigy

Unto the catafalque

In mourning's light

The shroud displaced

A mirror's gaze

A soul unbound

Sorrow wrought

His yearning

His life's love departed

As grief descends

Woe rains down

Upon him

The nightmare unending

Just phantoms now remain

Cursed apparition

Forsake me now

Vanquish thine self

Leave me to despair

Forsake thy quest

Let anguish abound

And in solitude fester

Until death takes me

Sorrow wrought

His yearning

His life's love departed

As grief descends

Woe rains down

Upon him

The nightmare unending

Just phantoms now remain

Love's caustic touch

Spectres of the past

Into finality's embace

Return to the departed

Terminus Est

Unto thee, Eternal sleep