Death Walked the Earth

Brought back from the silence

As darkness whitened into a day

Tried to weave the pieces together

Force the past away

Mind weary of sorrow

Body tired from the way

Welcomed yet another morning

Of longing and dismay

What have I for you to offer

Besides this long haul

Wade across vast snowfields

Journey through endless moors

Death walked the earth today

Without a sound, motionless

Forced its way into my arms

Caressed me with the dark

Dragged again up to surface

From the bowels of the earth

To face yet another morning

Breath gasping black steam of death

These are our waking hours

In cold sunlight we pine away

Towards yet another morning

Till following hopeless day