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Until the fire broke out for a lesser god in its dire infancy

Surfaced, it continued to glow and grow

Implacable, innate

As flames consumed the formless, desperately

A promise of closure never uttered

but merely scoured, above and beneath

Once nothing and ever since the loss

Though, was some or none of this supposed to be

Was it the rust, could it have been the plague

To leave those left in disarray

But in truth, nothing ever means everything

and often suddenly, life has a new meaning

Perhaps tethered to my teeth is a sullen thread

that comes apart at the seams

And yet remains unhinged

For those moments, I mean more than I can dish out

Or more than this dreaded life means to me

And steadily, a lust for the unknown stays true and still

The hands of time expanding the universe for you and me

As the howling end becomes the forbidden hour forever

And just as eternally, I am drawn to your parallel

With unscathed affection and all else forsaken

As clouds gesture to the boundless sea

Under the aegis of a faceless, crimson sky

Ever burning, ever turning, awaiting to plunge forth

To seize the night, down comes the rain