Across frozen oceans An expanse of frigid glass The tempest churns grey Caught in relentless winds of ash Swallowed in darkness, no sign of day Ice cracks along the pass Noxious smoke billows from the crevasse Gaining courage with each breath Descending further into the valley of death Scatter the shards that make me whole So that I may feel nothing at all Destroy my mind, extinguish my soul So that I may become nothing at all Mist surrounds the pool of memory Amaranthine, cold and extrasensory My being, unraveling Blackened skin flakes away Hellfire entrances me Fiendish hands grab at my heels Pulling - sinking faster Into the heat of whirling flames