Scalding crimson
Sank sorrowfully
Into a cold
Shadowy mire

As we
Defiantly braved
Its fading fervor
Cloaked
In fearful reverence

Brilliant
True
To its dignified end
Our world
Grew weary and faint

Bidding farewell
At the loom
Of stoic ivory

Faithful and brimmed
With fond
And deep remembrance