Umber Tower -

An umber tower is quiet and looming before me

And I once used nothingness to fill that void

Then the sky must thrown a gauntlet

To detour me from the center I knew

-And I’ve never been wrong

The winds had changed beyond your shore

Now a mattered mane that muffles the lion’s roar

Such a place would leave a sour, familiar taste upon my tongue

How I trembled at the knees!

Underneath a mask, in the gully I hie

And I sank much deeper than I had prepared for

Tailing shades coalesced and converged on the walls

When I turned, they were nothing!

No, nothing at all

O' such beguiling was their boisterous game!

My own shadow… now a faceless no one

Such a place would leave a sour, familiar taste upon my tongue

How I trembled at the knees!

At sudden, from inside me

I felt a rapid disassemble

And all around had turned to gloom

Still, all around was calm

And I raised my fist

But there was no confrontation

Just a question had they asked

And with the comfort, I gave in

An umber tower was quiet and looming before me

So I used its gallantry to fill that void

Truly, I had embraced that delusion and glory

So I guess I don’t know what I knew after all

Such a place would leave a sour, familiar taste upon my tongue

How I trembled at the knees!