Fall of the House of Us, Her

The fortress has cracked
Where walls once stood
Where soldiers once fought

Where fear has tread

The weight of the Dragon
Is crushing the stone
The mortar to dust

I knew it before--
The premonition

But when am I ever right?

Emotion leaks as tears from splinters
The crack of boards
The whip of agony

"Why have you no confidence?"

I feel and should not
I doubt and 'tis true

Temblors weaken
The remnant foundation

The moat is dry
The bridge is broken

Chains are all that remain

The dust is blinding
All is sound

Hadn't I heard it before?

The screams
The shouting
The cries of one amidst the crumbling hulk:

The gift
Rays of light through the fog of war
&
The curse
The collapse, the fall, the embers and ash

The ghostly battle endures

But won will not