It was a cold dawn so pure When the seeds were sown Her skin moaned scars My daughter wedded with rot She was purified through flames But decay claimed her soul Faith vigilance breeding As november invited starvation Our morning widows They laid with pestilence Chivalry drowned in blood These borrowed ephemeral moments Under the aegis of horned deities I ushered brethren to their rest Jewels of lost faith beneath me Numerous like masked stars above Falling white shrouded their memory No kindred to bury my husk Allegiant venom burning deep Obeisance never crowns my grave Plague that spred through north