Never Nearer - Decree

The glow of life decays

We darken this domain

Nearer still

And still descending

Never ending

As time unwinds

The inner mind

In rhyme sublime

Divinity is done for

Witness the sickness

Still within us

Closer still

Still condescending

Unrelenting

Obscure the pure

With weighted words

In tongue diverse

Upon our pyre

Of pure fire