dark mother

infernal

terrestrial

celestial

ever-changing. the skies dyed red now

basking in crimson

and solemn silence

as midnight sighs

welkin turning

the stars descending

such frail magic

as blackness veils thy eyes

a vessel of a deity

untouched beauty

thy sacred womb shall

carry the grandest prize

incarnation

resurrection

virginal conception

of the dark mother

she governs the grim gates of death. in exultation

i sense her coming

like distant thunder

thickening air

on thy breasts now

the obsidian serpent

herald of the nightside

reciting her names

she was there when babylon fell

on nineveh's final cry

on troy's dying knell

and watching the nazarene die. we who wait veiled in the dark

call out your name through the night

the queen shall rise now

the wait is over

she'll be reborn again to rule

this stranded earth

the queen shall rise now

the wait is over

she'll be reborn again to lead

our mislaid hearts

moon of a thousand forms

the terrible dark one

infernal

terrestrial

celestial

ever-changing mistress of the night

and behold the mystery and the majesty

secret queen of a hundred fallen empires

born out of the shadow of the moon

from beyond the birth of time

the woods whispered a woeful tune

rustling leaves in autumn hues

her steps imprint the nightfrost hoar

forevermore