The Levity of Despair

from Scala Paradisi by Aequus Nox

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Hope and purpose
Ephemeral, slip
From the grasp
Of mortal man;
Forever sent to
The fires of despair

But still he yearns
For the flames
To be quenched;
His life in parts
A comedy resembles;
The whole a tragedy

All however is
Vanity, senseless
And most obscure;
Thence is laughter
Without arrogance
The levity of despair

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from Scala Paradisi, released August 19, 2013

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