Inherit The Earth

After the fire, after the rain

After the sacred kissed the profane

When you came and left again

Such a captivating pain

After that night I left my comfort

To find where your body lies

I'd wander upon this grave then fall

I'd fall inside

I searched the clearing for that spark

Hands sifted through the ash

Knowing what we felt was real

But some delusions never pass

So I took shelter in the woods

With the naked shaking trees

Deciduous, fraternal twins

We're both wilted, stem and leaf

Then the mist turned sleet into snow

My senses shook numb, I've nothing to show

But a rain - stained book that once contained

My literary charades: new blots of ink

Archetypal shapes and shades

Bleed through each and every page

And I ask myself

What's the weight of my life on the scales of eternity?

We inherit the earth, we inherit the war

I inhabit the wound, I dwell in the harm

Oh how far we fall

We're casualties of time

Oh how far we fall

Begin to forgive existence

Retreat back from reaching trees

When a frigid shadow climbs inside of me -

That specter of recompense -

It's a sound I've heard ever since

Amidst the endless mortal strife

And the constantly dying light

The truth we felt from the start

"How can I hold myself together

When everything falls apart?"

We inherit the earth, we inherit the war

I inhabit the wound, I dwell in the harm

Oh how far we fall

We're casualties of time

Oh how far we fall

Forgive existence

I wandered upon the alter of human intervention

An exhibition of erudition

Find me here, Son of Man

How far we fall