Beyond the Veil

I left before the morning came With dust upon my shoes

A road that had no name or sign And nothing left to

lose

The houses faded one by one The fields became sky

I heard the distant river call

But never saw it rise

I walked until the world grew thin Until the stars came near

And every step beneath my feet Forgot that I was here

Take me farther than the farthest road Past the edge of what

I know Where the living leave their shadows And the silent waters

flow

If there is a door beyond the dark If there is a

shore beyond the night I will cross without knowing What waits on

the other side

The second land was made of echoes

Voices without mouths

Faces I had never known Were calling my name out loud

I found a city under moonlight

Empty streets beneath my feet

Every window held a memory

Every doorway led beneath

I asked the ones who waited there

How far must I go

They only pointed farther on To somewhere I could not know

Take me farther than the farthest road Past the edge of what

I know

Where the living leave their shadows And the silent waters flow If

there is a door beyond the dark If there is a shore

beyond the night

I will cross without knowing

What waits on the other side

Then the road became a staircase

Then the staircase became stone

Then the stone became a silence

Older than the world I know

I could feel the weight of centuries

Moving slowly through the ground

And beneath my fading footsteps Something vast was breathing down

No sun

No wind

No distant bell

No body

To carry

No road

To follow

Only the sound

Of something waiting

I thought the journey had an ending I thought the dark would

have a shore

But every world was only waiting For another world beyond I heard

the weight of distant ages Grinding slowly underneath

And something vast was turning Where there was no sky to breathe

Take me farther Take me deeper Past the final human thought Take

me where the names are buried Take me where the gods are

not

I have crossed the last horizon I have crossed the final door

There is no road behind me

There is no shore anymore

So I keep walking

Past the last horizon

Past the last name

Past the last memory

And somewhere in the darkness something remembers me