the great dying

the time before us stretches back
world of dust, sky of black
the words we found, they were sound
they were clear
they said we came, we scrawled our name
we were here

we disappear

the time before us stretches long
constantly here, constantly gone
the words we leave, will be believed
they will be clear
they’ll say we fought til we forgot
why we were here

we disappear

the time before us opens at the end
but only for a moment then it swallows us again
we disappear

the sky will turn to fire, the sea will turn to salt
our memories will burn like we were never here at all
we disappear