Listen the crow's bark is tolling a darkening bell Dreamer lie still in the gently cupped palm of the hill Dream yourself down, dream yourself deep underground To damp brook emblazoned with hunters and swift running hounds Dreamer drawn deeper by the dull gleam of fool's gold Your hair will fright, turn lightning silver – Behold The hill king crouches waiting, his brawn skin adorned With grey lichen and garnet, he beckons with nails made of iron He points to a small mound of stones in his temple of earth Here a resting cocoon with no promise of rebirth Obsidian rock glitters with underground spring To moisten the mouths of the dead, now they open and sing Do not eat our fruit, nor drink our dank cave water If you value the flesh on your bones, life's blossoming daughter Do not linger, linger too long, at the cave's dark opening It will close its greying teeth and crush you with it More blind you crawl, heart ticking, with eye sockets aching Into dizzying space, wild thyme flourishing, dog roses rambling Etched on the insides of violets a jagged rock tomb Dreamer your darkening will come, let it not be too soon Dreamer your darkening will come, let it not be too soon