An expanse of ice
And all hope in eclipse
We are fireflies
In darkness

Embers in ashes
We sail
On a tempest
Bereft

Every newborn arrives
Upon a wave of blood
To trade blows with a world
She never chose

A spark struck off steel
To blink out in the dark
Unknown

Like cinders, we ascend
Towards the stars overhead

Buffeted from within
By a seething, surging sea
We yearn
Unquenchably

Ten thousand miles adrift, outcast
I strike your memory like a match