Spirits run silent
Through a sea of reeds
A reflection of the future
Cloaked in flowing memory

A lesson in impermanence I long to ignore
A gentle reminder of the pain endured

The dawn creeps forward
And I am forced to reconcile
As the currents of time flow onward
And blur the lines of love and death

She calls my name
An echo within my soul
A final reminder
Of beauty wrought in spirits sown

The wind sings soft
A song of death
Departs her lips
On nature's breath

I lay my knife
On sacred ground
I bow my head
By honor bound

Ignite the flame
Of burning fate
To live and die
A sacred way

She breathes me in
And spits me out
To give the gift
Of nature's spell

My eyes they settle
On the coming dawn
And I give myself
To her sweet song

Fated
To leave in silence
Racing the coming dawn

The seeds sown in times of death
Blossom into the heaviest of hearts

The greatest test of all
Learning to let go
Of the love that lights the flame
Of sadness within our hearts

The wind sings soft
A song of death
Departs her lips
On nature's breath

My eyes they settle
On the coming dawn
And I give myself
To her sweet song