Call of the Serapeum Thought to appear as dreams Imperceptible in what are deemed the waking hours Edifice looms ahead Beckoning us to return Blood of martyrs seems still viscous In Archaen tongues come whispers of battles past Hear the call of the Serapeum Have we, ourselves, trod the prophetic soils? Images of Parabolan misery Galilean shells scrape pure flesh from bone Sphere binding beacon emerging Earlier glories exceed time and space to envelop immortal Chorus Through that ethereal extends the primordial basis of all being From cosmos fed Innumerably dammed streams Inescapable overlapping of dilatory obstacles Tributaries carve aeon-old paths Often erratic Yet invariably reabsorbing as one Heed the call of the Serapeum For these visions come not haphazardly Portentous temple blood abiding Rejoin ancient channels racing still Towards that which we have sought