First Red Rays

As beasts we crawl Our souls in tatters Low to the dirt we scrape Degraded and hollowed Callous winds come ripping Every small light consumed Cower in rooms made coffins Quiver as to dust we turn Drift weightless without form Stilled in timeless air Hang eternal stars Coursing paths we cross Into lightening sky Fading On frozen peaks First red rays earth from heavens sever All born, empty and silent From blind night torn New dawn unveiled