The Black Pharaoh Trilogy - Part I: The Shining Trapezohedron
An ancient shining crystal of non-euclidian form Made of no earthly matter in a primal cosmic storm It flew amongst the chaos in a time before the light Until it reached these planes in the foulest of all nights To the ice we call Antarctic it was brought and treasured there and the secret of Lemuria could not withstand its stare It had sunken with Atlantis to the deepest of the sea And now the greed of Khem's merchants at last sold it to me
Shine! The starry light may Shine! So wisdom shall be mine from all space and time Shine!
O haunter of the dark My soul shall now be thine Thy knowledge must be mine
I gazed into its window and saw the three lobed burning eye, The titan blur on black wings - Now I am it and it is I ! Black Pharaoh they call me though Nephren Ka's my name And amongst the folk of the Nile I spread my poison reign