Cirith Gorgor

Unveiling The Essence

Cirith Gorgor


...A starlit path 
Leads me to a darker place 
Which shall reveal to me its true face 
Its mask it wore too long... 

Of grotesque forests and ancient trees 
Grinning faces carved in wood 
The scars of time mark their shadows 
Yet young in an infinite way they stood 
Unveiling the essence of majesty and pride 
As if it was a strange mist over all land 
Which flees with the rays of a new dawn 
Still knowing that it will be overruled by a new night 

Is it melancholy that is lurking behind every stone 
The subtle embodiment of yearning and death 
Overshadowing life like a night so eternal 
Causing all meaning to cease, so it seems 
Or shaping a new state of perception and dreams 

Craving to dethrone all elements 
That in perilous ways hide and cloak 
Grinning invincible, darkness impenetrable 
Yet drowning in knowing its fate 
That once the true essence will be unveiled 
...Like the rays of a new dawn 

Yet night is the hunter for all...