Manuscript 408

Words written down so long ago In a language already gone From hand of scribe Down through the pen And marked into vellum Cloaked in darkness The secret remains Hidden from us for all time The ravings of a madman Or learned scholar We may never know why Brought forth while in possession Of knowledge from other realms Through supernatural process One may obtain That which is withheld The scryer, the seer Can talk to beings Who remember the ancient days When men were more When they weren't lost In their mathematical ways 32 gone, 240 remain Torn out by a dark mage Who knew of the power Held within They are in use to this day Herbal Astronomical Biological Cosmological Pharmaceutical When all combine Madness of the mind Destroy all life And reset time When all combine Madness of the mind Destroy all life And reset time