Chapter VIII: The Undying One

Thousands of years I have seen the moonWaxing and waning - and vanish at daysBut weary and vexed I became all too soonOf men and his dull and trivial ways
The earth is too small for such as IThe oceans are still and grey yet the sky
The heavens unrolled
Before my eyes
Just like a scroll
could read from the skies
No secret was keptNo story untold
Knowledge I foundIn the deepest deeps
At mountains of iceAtop inky, black seasNo beauty unseenNo dream left to dream
Dark Fire Grim MoonsCold Forests Old Doom
For Life and Death have whispered secretlyTo me ancient runes of wisdom oldAnd all that men has ever sought to learnNo mystery left for me here to unfold
Let me pass away like a faint smoke flying byImmerse myself into voidswhere no dream has ever lived to die
Vanish like the crests of the wavesamidst the endless seaBut I might live til the sungrew cold and ceased to be...