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