If beneath everything there lurked A bottomless void never to be filled What else would life be than despair Despair by all means the glorified forever Great through wisdom Whose secret is foolishness Despair by all means the heroic forever Great through the hope Whose outburst is madness Hearken now that one outset It's why it's reason Hearken now that one Outset to the best of my art To the best of my knowledge The choice of forever I take it and apart From my willing it has no existence I amentation to the fullness of time How hollow life would be The manifest of a change slain