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Staxvan

The bone cypress

born from the ashen soil

stands aloof beneath the frozen sun

Staxvan

The alabaster spine

of the lugubrious tree

impales the austere clouds of a lifeless sky

Staxvan

The silent monarch

of the lands of eternal winter

hosts the forsaken ashes of many a sentinel

Staxvan

The cypress of yore

in all its sullen majesty

drinks from the amber blood of the forlorn