Blackened hills

Inhospitable

Shattered sky with clouds

No rain, but only

Monstrous thunder rolling, over

Blanking, barren, desert and

Glooming towers, looming

Desperate, are we, moving

Writhing, reeling

Outside pallid, darkened

Castle walls we’ve harkened

Mysteries enlighten

Though uncertain

Delving, diving

Seeking simple miseries

Graven effigies

Rife with hearts delight

Bemused, thought benighted

Peace unrequited

Wretched, are we

Unrestrained, though cast

And forsaken by Heaven’s glory

Here and only