The Fifth Seal

                             …and the sky opened, darkness fell on man,
                             from the darkness, out of the sea, the beast.
                             Men eat of his feast; evil owns the land,
                             the meal of love is hate of all things God…

                             The likes of Solomon's wisdom reborn,
                             he who knows all – seen by men, except those.
                             The war of peace, by wisdom's hand, rages --
                             and those he kills vanish before wise eyes.

                             A seven-year peace sweeps the minds of men.
                             Washing away the memory of those gone,
                             except the seedlings left behind to find.
                             God's souls grow quickly in mind, for the light.

                             As Solomon's like, brings Sheba to bed,
                             false peace is shattered before it takes holds.
                             A raging storm whirling against God's men,
                             these slain, are those under heaven's altar --

                             Cries to avenge, pleading to the Lamb's throne,
                             as they are clothed in the clouds of white robes.
                             The hour has not come or the numbers right,
                             this the day set for the martyred to rest.

                             The moment of clouds, in the seventh year,
                             the Lamb will appear on billowy white;
                             saints and angels witness this chapter's end,
                             all the unholy enter evil's night…