Yawning benthos came first, terra firma, next Desire Erebus of old Night, Day of Aethyr Neither of these were Being, reality, nor Non-being Perdurability, neither of d**h The Wanderers of the Waste infested plateaus: Time and Space Then, Sirius prearranged calendars of lone Continuum Astral sketch was not self-incandescent Its light was produced by rays of the Sun Eyeless void felt generations of heat The first seed of Mind - The Light of the South Breath by itself Without wind, pyramids... Concentrated Cyclic flux, triangles... Air nor Earth nor were protected as of yet The water was not deep, yet unfathomable Nonentity occurred Darkness swathed in darkness: unmanifestation Chaos never dies Sothis hides beyond the aeon Locked forever Unfaltering The Sun behind the Sun spawns twin aspects of tide Up, down was beginning to frame itself Casters of the second seed gained control (of the Deep) Energy was beneath - impulse above