Eyes open to a silhouetted landscape
Blue, white, creeps up the dome of sky
The fire now smoldering in ash
As smoke reaches for the lights

I take notice of the silence
My heartbeat audible, palpable
The creak of twisting wood
Reaches out to me from the west

Slowly a blade of light descends
A foreboding path westward revealed
I slowly begin my ascent
Among the jagged crags

Upward I go, bones shattering
Until a scream from below, my familiar menace
My climb hastens, fueled by fear
There's death in these mountains, everywhere

Upward along the narrow stone path
A precarious staircase, static
Night chips away at day
Soon the cliffs will be ingulfed in flame

The shadow moves along
The menace will return
A piercing screech attacking my ears
Upward it climbed, gaining on me