light was there for a time
sunny golden bright

cruel frost now bites and
blows the crackling blight

hope lives in children’s eyes
later to escape

life crushes sparkle
from the glimmer scrape

show me joy angel
beautifully you ignore

was light a mace
to lash the devil’s whore

grasp the empty now
her icy embrace

scream now in fire
have no need of grace