This ashen womb Grey and fetid with insects War torn lands and disease As clouds of dust and locusts Come in the wake of a black horse His mount holding the scales To foretell man's fate There will be no harvest There will be no rebirth There will be no harvest The fields are bare Desolation of common ground The plight of man in times of hunger An urge that consumes to control And undermine the stability of the mind The only strength is desperation A feeling innate as to starving prey The future is seen as the predator Time is it's teeth upon the neck Where is the provider if not the womb It has repulsed and descended To a greater state to deny man The tip of the scales seals their fate As the trees wither so does the will Man's fortitude has changed with the seasons No longer with us