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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