If the god creature
holds me in heaven
I'll shatter the gates
and claw my way to you

If the shining star
throws me to hell
I'll burn my way back
to this world with you

If there is only darkness
and the void comes for me
I'll wail against the wild
'til my voice reaches you

If the earth claims me
leaving but dust and dreams
My dreams will call the wind
And I will walk with you

I will be with you
Even when all things
say that I am gone

There is no rain
No wind
No sun
It is dry
and empty
lost in nothing

The leaves are shades
of amber, crimson, purple
like summer sunset clinging
to the tree tops
In these autumn days
struggling against
the coming winter cold
that whispers
to us all
upon the north wind

I am Phillip J Rhoades
I am a goddamn fire in the wind
and you
you are nothing but a wall of reeds

When wind blows
I hear sirens screaming

When water falls
I hear dreams ending

When life begins
I hear death coughing