ether and ash (an imitation of T.S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men")

Between the hum
And the din
Between the note
And the chord
Sings the silence

For Thine is the Kingdom

Between the friction
And immolation
Between the urge
And the echo
Between the glimmer
And refraction
Shines the light

For Thine is the Power

Between the cell
And the key
Between the atom
And the energy
Between the dust
And the dust
Falls the dust

For Thine is the Glory

For Thine is
Love is
For Thine is the

This is the way the song ends
This is the way the song ends
This is the way the song ends
Not with a sound but a shadow