Silver Ziggurat

an unheeded altar
rain falls around it
all who enter forget themselves

compelled to go
the voice calls
what is this place?
a fever burns in my mind

the tattoo of one million hammers
an artifact of eons
ageless on a dying world
a jagged shadow is cast by the silver ziggurat

(captives return)
secreted away
far beyond the mountains
a prison for the sun and moon

compelled to go
the voice calls
what is this place?
a fever burns in my mind

the tattoo of one million hammers
an artifact of eons
ageless on a dying world
a jagged shadow is cast by the silver ziggurat

the silver ziggurat