The pillars of the temple
Turned out to be
Nothing more than dominoes,
Waiting to crash,
To burn
As I came beneath them.

The stable foundations
Falling before me

It happened on its own.
That what they say,
What I believed

But oh, 
The words I've said and
Things I've done
Haunt me still

My faults and failures
Rising to the surface,
Whispering in my ear
Fears I didn't know I had
The dreading knowledge
That I am responsible
For the crashing pillars before me

Scattered fragments
Of a better world
Gone
Because I did not know better,
Did not know that I had failed
To keep it steady