The First Sign

Something has changed. Lyrics The fires behind me slowly fade Another kingdom turned to graves The mountain still bleeds smoke and ash The last temple belongs to the past The world is quiet now. Too quiet. Even the wind feels strange. The Ravens fill the evening sky Black wings stretched beneath the night Thousands watching from above Not me. Something else. Their golden eyes are fixed beyond The stars. The dark. The endless unknown. The Raven warned me. The Raven pleaded. The Raven mourned what I might become. And still... I chose this road. THE FIRST SIGN A silence deeper than before. A feeling crawling through the world. THE FIRST SIGN Something shifts beyond the dark. Something turns its gaze toward us. And for the first time... The sky feels alive. No thunder rolls. No heavens part. No armies march from worlds beyond. Nothing so simple. Just a single moment. A single breath. And one star disappears. Not falling. Not fading. Gone. As if it had never existed at all. THE FIRST SIGN One light extinguished. One crack within eternity. THE FIRST SIGN The first ripple. The first whisper. The first shadow beneath the sea. And every Raven feels it. The flock falls silent. No cries. No wings. No movement. Thousands of Ravens frozen against the night. The world doesn't notice. But I do. For the first time... The watchers are afraid. I should feel fear. I don't. I should turn back. I won't. I spent too long screaming at the heavens. Too long waiting for an answer. Too long watching the world suffer. If something finally heard me... Good. Let it come. THE FIRST SIGN NOT A VOICE. NOT A GOD. NOT A WAR. JUST A SHADOW MOVING FAR BEYOND THE STARS. THE FIRST SIGN THE FIRST STEP. THE FIRST BREATH. THE FIRST MOMENT SOMETHING ANCIENT STIRS FROM DEATH. And somewhere in the endless dark... Something awakens. The Ravens lower their heads. The sky grows still. Another star flickers. For a moment... I think it will vanish too. It doesn't. The night holds its breath. And I look toward the heavens. Not with fear. Not with doubt. Only expectation. "What are you?" #cyberpunk #storytelling #synthwave