This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.

Between the desire And the spasm Between the potency And the existence Between the essence And the descent Falls the Shadow

Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope I no longer strive to str…

Between the conception And the creation Between the emotion And the response Falls the Shadow