Part I: The Shining Trapezohedron

["The Black Pharaoh Trilogy" Part 2]An ancient shining crystal of non-euclidian formMade of no earthly matter in a primal cosmic stormIt flew amongst the chaos in a time before the lightUntil it reached these planes in the foulest of all nightsTo the ice we call Antarctic it was broughtand treasured there and the secret of Lemuriacould not withstand its stareIt had sunken with Atlantis to the deepest of the seaAnd now the greed of Khem's merchants at last sold it to meShine! The starry light mayShine!So wisdom shall be minefrom all space and timeShine!O haunter of the darkMy soul shall now be thineThy knowledge must be mineI gazed into its window and saw the three lobed burning eye,The titan blur on black wings - Now I am it and it is I !Black Pharaoh they call me though Nephren Ka's my nameAnd amongst the folk of the NileI spread my poison reign