Shadows speak when all is still
As day’s end comes to a close
Carried on a gentle breeze
Through valleys of ruin
and hills of old
Long they slumbered out of sight
Out of time where no one knows
Still as in death they lie
Their voices unheard
And stories untold
On a darkened and wayward path
In a land where nothing grows
There in silence they whisper
To weary travelers
On the road
Across the plains far and wide
And in the depths of despair
Over mountain’s mighty peaks
And in the lands of nightmare
Beyond darkness of the night
Beyond light of sun’s glare
There could be heard
Faint whispers
Faint whispers in the air
Echoes of empires built on lies
A King crowned only to depose
By false Kings and Queens
On thrones of greed
In cities of gold
Through the rise and the falls
In its birth and death throes
They call to the masses
Of arrogant bliss
As end tolled
They cry out unto deafened ears
Of a people who seek to oppose
The rule of the righteous
To which death
Was bestowed
Across the plains far and wide
And in the depths of despair
Over mountain’s mighty peaks
And in the lands of nightmare
Beyond darkness of the night
Beyond light of sun’s glare
There could be heard
Faint whispers
Faint whispers in the air
Self-destruction and vanity
Paths of ruin without sorrows
False idols led the charge
As the masses
blindly followed
Light has ceased to shine upon
Barren lands where no wind blows
A final cry of distress
As waters of life
No longer flowed
Shadows speak at the end of time
When there is nothing but echoes
Carried in the emptiness
Of a world in ruin
And endless cold
Across the vast empty plains
And in the depths of despair
Over mountain’s lonely peaks
And in the lands of nightmare
Beyond darkness of the night
Beyond light in the faded air
There still could be heard
Faint whispers
Faint whispers in the air
Author’s Note:
It took me longer than usual to write this, as I had other things going on. I’m happy to finally put this up, even though we’re already halfway through January. I hope you all like this piece.
Can you hear the whispers?
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