ETHERIA

THERE IS A SHINNING CITY 
THAT LIES AT THE EDGE OF TIME,
SOME CALL IT ETHERIA -
IT EXISTS AS THOUGH IN A RHYME

IT SHIMMERS IN THE DISTANCE
AS AT THE BREAKING DAWN,
BUT DAY AND NIGHT ARE CONCEPTS
TO WHICH THE MORTAL MIND IS DRAWN

FACT OR FICTION, NEW AND OLD
ARE PRECEPTS USED TO EXPLAIN,
BUT THIS IS THE ALTER WORLD,
ON AN ELITE, ETHEREAL PLAIN

THE CITY IS NEW -
BUT A MILLION YEARS OLD,
ITS RESIDENTS LIVE -
BUT NEVER GROW OLD

YOU SEE, THE LAWS OF PHYSICS
THE UNIVERSE AND SPACE,
HAVE NO MEANING HERE
IN THIS DIMENSIONAL PLACE

FOOLS AND LOVERS SEEK REFUGE HERE
IN ESCAPE FROM MORTALITY,
ITS GOLDEN SPIRES AND ATRIUMS GREEN
FOR THEM, BECOME A REALITY

FOR IN THIS PLACE ALL THINGS
ARE POSSIBLE I’M TOLD,
THE BROKEN REPAIRED -
AND NEW MADE FROM OLD

SO I SOUGHT OUT THE REPAIR SHOP
ON THE BROAD STREET OF GOLD
IT WAS TRULY THERE,
JUST AS I HAD BEEN TOLD

A SIGN READ, "YE OLDE FIXIT SHOPPE
LEAD TURNED INTO GOLD
ENTER IN AND FIND,
NEW THINGS MADE FROM OLD"

AND SO I ENTERED THERE
WITH MY BROKEN HEART IN HAND,
MY LAST HOPE HELD AS I HAD
SEARCHED OUT THIS MISTY LAND.

I TOLD THE STORY OF LOVE LOST
CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE I SAID,
HE SADLY POINTED
TO A LITTLE SIGN THAT READ

“WE FIX IT ALL, BIG AND SMALL
BROKEN VOW AND BROKEN ART,
BUT ONLY THE LORD CAN FIX
THE CRACK OF DAWN, OR BROKEN HEART”

SO FINALLY NOW I KNEW,
THAT IN ALL THIS UNIVERSE WIDE,
WHEN A LOVE IS LOST
THERE IS NO PLACE TO HIDE

AND EVEN IN THIS HAVEN
WHICH EXEMPTS NORMAL LAWS KNOWN,
THERE IS NO HOPE
WHEN THE HEARTBREAK IS YOUR OWN

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