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The Astral star shone on the gazing city Its silver beams shone on the mist Its calming glow was filled with pity The silence clenched up like a fist Surrounded by the darkest waters The city island wept on through the night The star has seen ten thousand years The ancestors that raised the island from the sea As Poseidon's guards devoid of fears Watched over the island city, let it be They swore to protect it from all harm, and age of years But they could only watch the fury be The Star looked dazed upon the fate of ages As kings changed thrones and vanished like a dream As royal guards protected mages And in the court all that was not seen And now it had fallen into ashes As ash to ash is dust to dust Now the Astral star had seen the great betrayal Its own king had turned upon the sea Would those remaining think he was too frail? To rule over the greatest that could be? Or had in a sweeping fury he decided To tear the flesh of the city from its bone Did he see himself too great to sit upon its throne? And ages on the Star still sees them ponder Trying in their books to find out the answers to that night Why did he choose to end this wonder? Who or what in all the worlds gave him the right? But they could not see inside his mind They could never understand what drove him or his kind The Astral star saw him as he rode across his city As he paid visits to the dragon caves They slept and upon them he took pity For many would fall in the coming days With sadness he saw across his whole dominion A shadow that fell across all the lands, The Astral star had seen a wonder A great fleet sailed, the edge of sky and sea Their gleaming sails took them yonder From them even the waves would flee If only the island city could have foreseen the darkness rise It was as if the gods had claimed it as their prize The Astral star was watching clouds rising up like rings In the royal cabin the king had seen a vision His ancestors had come before him, asked him many things "Does still the gazing city gently dream?" "Does the narcotic haze in silence still prevail?" "And does the power of the island city still spread wider Like the wings of destiny we gave to you?" But all he could do was nod and wonder What they would tell him when he joined them in dreams The Astral star star was looking on as the king turned upon his island As he brought enemies into the harbor, twisted like a maze The fleet was moving, dark and silent Gliding through the fogs narcotic haze And here would the city's greatest fall Towers that stood so proud n tall The Astral star saw how he in fury Raged into his own palace in the night And later on they would say: "Truly The city had seen the last of light" And then a fire swept upon the palace The city drank its poisoned chalice The Astral star shone on the gazing city Its silver beams shone on the mist Its calming glow was filled with pity The silence clenched up like a fist Surrounded by the darkest waters The city island wept on through the night The Astral star now looks by At the rising mist, the silver haze Watching as the ashes fly A nightmare in a daze Out there beyond the static scream He saw the truths that were unseen It felt as if the sky was falling down T'was raining diamonds to the ground And tears of pearl And ruby stones The darkness chilled him to the bones |
I absolutly love the fact that this is so long and epic. This is a real inspiration and I cannot for the life of me find any fault in it. THe expressions are stunning the ancient atmosphere is just another element of this piece that thrills me to the bone and I find your talent to be exceptional and perfect. Thank you!| Posted on 2006-12-01 00:00:00 | by Porcelaine | [ Reply to This ] | |