The ascent,
The descent,
The trials and 
Tribulations,
The revisions 
And divisions,
Rebirths and 
Redemptions,
The damnation 
Of burnt souls.

They failed to live.
The hollow souls,
The empty husks
Like a field of wheat 
Blowing in the breeze,
Unharvested, dried 
And decayed.

They are the lost souls,
The hollow souls
Who have never lived
Or loved and their best 
Days were behind them,
And they contemplated 
Their lost world as 
They awaited 
Midnight and 
The New Year
To chime in.

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With a digital painting by Nikos Laios

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