A choir of unreality chimes A host of obsidian seraphim swarms Etched upon the tapestry of reason A litany of falsehoods awash with fear Fear of all-encompasing emptiness Fear of an infinity of the unknown Fear of the purity of meaninglessness Fear of a darkness that acts as a mirror to ignorance Carved in the very coldest regions of an uncaring bleak multiverse Hewn from strident monoliths of absence and vacuum And so I condemn a species that thrives on its own terror That derives essence from the spire of pity And I seek my place amongst the temples There are many places in which true wisdom hides Where the unbroken fabric of reality lies in wait Shrouded Cloaked in aether's dark blessing Beyond the sight by those tethered To the dead weight of matter, to the prison of the flesh Penance is sought in that which is perceptible But no solace dwells within the rotten faberic of a half-truth Their systems crumble beneath a hailstorm Of unpicked knots of knowledge Palpitating sentience trembles Against the rearing menhirs of absolution Secrets buried in darkness Truth rendered in onyx