The Stars

Watch, as I shall tear down the sky

reach for the stars, and burn my fingers

the world below me, silent does it lie

the stars and their burn - still lingers

lingers like lost, but not, quite lost

the stars my fuel, the world will I rule

chase ‘way the chills, the chills and the frost-

let me live this life, me and my fool

a fool though not stupid, fantastic as though

the world at my fingertips, large yet small

singing and dancing, the world have I conquered

this moment eternity, eternity, but a moment

time and sense, all have I vanquished

for never ever, never shall I fall

yet fall I shall, further and further - to

the land of men, of hunters and herders

the land of time, its death shall I rue

for it is cold, this land, lonely, I shiver

Yet content I will be, as I wither and wither

for it was I who grasped the stars.