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Valley Of Lost Suns

A haze drifts o'er the valley of frost
Lost suns, accumulated beyond human sight
Shine with the envy and passion of the lost
And give unto our breathing world new light

Dancing in a dervish so devilish-
Green twirls on a spool of
Yellow, flickers across an ocean of
Red, against a sky of
Gray, beyond an expanse of
Black, before a grave of suns...

And it spins

This.
Tumultuous,
Terrible
Tombstone turns upon itself and its cause.
Lighting the sky with yesterdays
And yesterdays,
And yesterday's tomorrow- today's tortured tumbler
Of Helios's reign lies in the grave.
Behind our beautiful veil of loss.

Beyond the reflected green
Beside the old lights
Behind blackness
Between red seas
Bearing blues and sorrows that were...

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