Torrents of radiation Wondering in how many places across the cosmos Similar scenes take place Individuals comforting one another Before the bitter end The light of ancient mistakes Billions of sentient creatures suffer and perish Gigadeathcrimes Monstrous weaponry Winter storm Take refuge in the hull of ruined ships Forbidding, haunted Heat of battle burns in the mind Chemical simplicities Against withering realities Struggling personality construct In the ship’s false night Hermetic mausoleum Forlorn desolation Beyond the dark domes In the ship’s false night Hermetic mausoleum Forlorn desolation Beyond the dark domes