Building a Shrine Upon Vanishing Sands

Sculpting the pillars of a castle

Where wanderers lose themselves

Scratching the dust of the earth

To extract minerals and matter

Gold and diamonds turning sands into ornaments

Building a shrine upon vanishing sands

Resting on empty shells

Eroded and dormant

Sculpting the pillars

Stalagmites pierce the ground and drain the soil

Until shining objects breathe faith into avarice

Sinking enclaves below our riches

Bleeding the earth to erosion

Cover these walls with skin

Lavishly absorbing the sands

So that the jewels be forged

Out of roots despoiled

Cover these walls with skin

Lavishly absorbing the sands

From our roots disavowed

Roaming through the maze

Where corridors bend and deflect

Tilting over frail foundations

Eating themselves to void

Une arche pour les dévots

Dont les fondations s'effritent

Ne laissant que texture rugueuse

Encombrant la refonte

S'emparer du charme pour tout condamner

Scratching the golden marrow

Despite destructive harvests

Despite dearth, sculpting on

And the sands keep flowing

Cracking the pillars

Guts eroded and bones fractured

Gorged with gravel

Reclaimed from the lands they rest upon

May we restore what has shattered

Despite destructive harvests

The sands keep flowing

Scratching the golden marrow

Such voracity is boundless

Robbed from their colors

The crops turn to stone

And feed the designs

Which enslave the masses

Engulfed in adornments

Chasing extinct honors

In unfurling walls

Miners by the thousands

And none to atone

Minus the defilers

Hidden in the black crests

Of the frame vapidly devised