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Come climb the summit this misty dawn

See the spectre when light first spawns

A living titan amongst ghosts of Earth

Who carves the skies and mountain's hearth

Where crimson fire and guilt colludes

Plumbed to the depths of solitude

I gesture in faith – it gestures as well

I bow as its servant – it mimics my shell

And by this altar the veil dispels

The delusion itself a reflex of myself

A wretched partner who razors respite

Anchors at centre of dreams in my mind

And though he may drift between storms and tides

Like spectres amidst showers he draws back in time

The Dark Intruder – my mirrored reflection

To daylight what else be hidden forever