When the lights flicker to black And the warmth brought by unseen fires Leave us, we shiver With nothing to hold the dark at bay The seasons are stark Winter to summer adverse A clash of the extremes The frost against the glare The spasms grown stronger now And our bodies withered and frail Give in to the dawning reign Of ice and darkness No more shall we greet the dawn No break to our perpetual fast No morning shall ever bloom again No sun to bless the face of the earth The heavens look down at us The myriad eyes of the distant suns Forever bright in their cold gaze Unmoved by our frigid night It will not pa**