Kinship Elegiac

I've known you so long

And never saw cause for alarm

Recall our childhood song

An oath to never lay down arms

I feel a coming end

It's as if I see through it all

Now, would you know if I was gone?

An epoch of brothers dissolves

To leave you is a sin

For my own story, forced to begin

I see you here

But you're so far away

So far

Understanding the lines drawn for our limiting

Inspires blind conformity and fuels rebellion equally

"Faster now

Ride the wires

Seek what lies beyond"

Your words like choir

"Cast a spear

Through the ceiling

Leave that hand behind

That pulls back on the dream"

Would I hide my eyes?

Would you know my face if I was dreaming of the years to come?

Your spirit unaligned with choice or fervor

As for now

Still my fire

Fear the thoughts that come

When ardour's breath grows tired

Hold the spear

Trust your feelings

Burn with gentle song

To oceansize my heart

The woods call on me

In their depths there is a vague light leading

Painting the ragged shapes of crooked beings that spring from odious groves

Ugh

Upon my gathering of sun-faded blooms

I came upon a failed Goddess decrying her shame

Lost that feeling of a world beyond today

Without heart to guide, I know you've nothing left to say

Upon my offering of wilted herb and moss

The deity sprang forth with spite and curse into the glade

Dying

I've had visions where the night had come to stay

I could be mistaken and see bright skies return one day

The woods expel me

On the edge stands the ghost of my bleeding

But I've planted my seed

Of objection to set us free

I've known you so long

I know that you never belonged

I've watched you never change

All alone with the same sad song

You've seen the coming end

In any case, seen through it all

I was blind to what you saw

Caught in my last failing cry

Lost in the night's howling wind

And crashing shadows, you left me

Pushed by the forces of your own abandonment

You left me, you left me