The Frailty of Everything Revealed

A darkness on the edge of town A flame burning through the forest Wandering beyond limits Clambering out on the precipice We cannot return What we have lost we cannot regain It cannot be made right again And so we are Wandering the world of ash Waiting for the end of the end Dust is our food Clay is our meat Like water hurled from crag To crag, down into endless uncertainty, I now give you everything