We will awake from slumber We build our homes in silence We structure our existence We will not compromise our captive minds We are exposed At the eye of the tempest The Earth’s womb cultivates Witness the discord At this maelstrom’s walls Faint, sublime, overpowered, The tempest beckons me Chaos below the crest, The tempest threatens me Within chanting waters Twilight clutches dawn Tears the light from in her Within chanting waters Night parades his song Etches devastation Our home, a table for the feast We will not stand idle and fall So we must Turn tail And flee To the depths She chants. Her body sings in distant waves These hours consume my breath, I lie in wait Warmth of light dismissed here, So far from the sky My existence remiss, I dive to the floor And find heat and a serenity Among the ashes of the ancient ones Ours will be the glow That bathes these silent waters