The raven has eclipsed the sun Brewing storm covers the skies Despair goes from grey to black Horizon drowns in darkness As frothing waves rage and roar Mournful choirs whisper Flooded by sorrow I am ruined Pain in the eternity of passing Through grudging mist I ramble Bitterness and gloom have overcome me A single word that stabbed me hard Face whitened by its frosty gaze Forgotten shadows stretch their arms In a funeral conduct Sworn into silence, phantoms glide by Thrown on its back, the past has died Death whispered the only verse it knows And scattered everything He will remain Forever silent His mouth was shut before he tasted life A cruel hand snatched his time away Clock strikes stroke eleven in his hour He closed his eyes Before he saw the world Thick silence cradled him to sleep Everything gone in a moment Clouds, clouds, darkening all