{"id":1602,"date":"2019-07-31T15:21:51","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T13:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aephanemer.com\/?page_id=1602"},"modified":"2019-08-03T19:43:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T17:43:37","slug":"lyrics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aephanemer.com\/?page_id=1602","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prokopton<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rise up disciple from a far-off land<br>Time to get under way<br>Toward wisdom of yore, keep close at hand<br>Those who teach you how to never go astray<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brooding over for too long, behind<br>Your bared clenched teeth<br>For your misfortunes you blame the outside<br>Inwardly starting to seethe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deem yourself worthy at last<br>To improve rather than dwell on the past<br>For what other master than you<br>Do you wait for a change of view?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now is the fight! Just right here!<br>It can be won using the relevant gear<br>Pay attention anytime<br>To all the waves of your mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon we&rsquo;ll feed the worms<br>Thus the truth will be fully learned<br>Daily deeds are truly owned<br>All the rest merely borrowed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new daybreak, let&rsquo;s join them<br>The festival begins again<br>Endure all turmoil and noise<br>Take your share of soothing joys<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Left alone with your thoughts<br>As you close your tired eyes<br>Escaping at least some faults<br>Is good enough for the one who tries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now is the fight! Just right here!<br>It can be won using the relevant gear<br>Pay attention anytime<br>To all the waves of your mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Sovereign<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Always over hill and dale<br>A wanderer walking in strides<br>Restlessly hitting the trail<br>On the dark or the sunny side<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping on a steady pace<br>Without leaving any trace<br>Used to nature of progress<br>A lot of well directed steps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haunting the fields and the woods<br>Rather than the doors of men<br>Attending to his own moods<br>As a wilderness denizen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a feeling soon renewed<br>Kind of withered over time<br>A severed stem far from its roots<br>Though blooming during his climb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creeping in, the cold<br>Invades his inner stronghold<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The icy quiver running through his bones<br>Reminds him suddenly that he was gone<br>For way too long<br>Too far, alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wherever this one is traveling<br>Welcomed, expected or despised<br>By a fireside or a chilling wind<br>Even-tempered, such is the wise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not a beggar, to stay when spurned<br>He can&rsquo;t be drawn in any strife<br>And never got his fingers burned<br>By possessions, such is his life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good-natured like the stray cat<br>A sense of gratitude for his beloved independence<br>When done with society, he\u2019s taking a step back<br>Just goes off quietly somewhere by himself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surveyor of human soul<br>Monarch of lands that lies fallow<br>Honored of all he must not do against his will<br>And rich with all that he can afford to drop out of his hands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most rewards are expensively sold<br>For attendance, curtsies and praise<br>Most properties are not worth this pile of gold<br>Gauged in time, measured in precious days<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growing, the annoyance<br>Abrades his inner balance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The many frictions disturbing his mind<br>Weaken his detachment, strengthen his view<br>To stay aloof<br>From humankind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wherever this one is traveling<br>Welcomed, expected or despised<br>By a fireside or a chilling wind<br>Even-tempered, such is the wise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not a beggar, to stay when spurned<br>He can&rsquo;t be drawn in any strife<br>And never got his fingers burned<br>By possessions, such is his life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good-natured like the stray cat<br>A sense of gratitude for his beloved independence<br>When done with society, he\u2019s taking a step back<br>Just goes off quietly somewhere by himself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dissonance Within<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now there&rsquo;s nothing but this blade<br>All my time left I&rsquo;ll dedicate<br>To master the Way of the Sword<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I vow to live under its law<br>I serve virtue, no other lord<br>Not two, but only one way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the day I have reborn<br>I rely on the Art of War<br>As a means to train the mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I must beware of too much pride<br>And be aware of my weak sides<br>A high goal is a two-edged sword<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time to fight, no backing down<br>For I will have no rest until my skill prevails<br>Disembodied, a whistling sound<br>The singing of my blade ravages the plain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back to a state of mindfulness<br>Crows have a feast of ronin&rsquo;s flesh<br>Through weary eyes clouded by blood<br>I&rsquo;m sobering up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I feel split and out of tune<br>My spirit unable to rule<br>Did I outwardly succeed<br>To suffer an inner defeat?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here I am, brittle and tense<br>Still on guard against myself<br>At the edge of a breaking down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I need to find a subtle tone<br>A keen balance to daily hone<br>Between firmness and leeway to move<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two swords combined<br>Hostile and bare<br>One smeared with blood and the other unstained<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two streaks of light<br>Flashing in the air<br>Back and forth, like pine needles joined in a cruel carnage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I feel split and out of tune<br>My spirit unable to rule<br>Did I outwardly succeed<br>To suffer an inner defeat?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winding path to self-control<br>Brushing up against my goal<br>The True Way remains unrevealed<br>How to connect intent and deeds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Snowblind<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The tempest blows a dazzling white<br>The peak vanishes again<br>Whirling blasts of snow benight<br>The outcome of my ascent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grit your teeth, do not flinch<br>At setbacks that slow you down<br>Going forth, inch by inch<br>To keep your feet on the ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sudden noise of flapping wings<br>First sign of the coming swarm<br>Somber curses were residing<br>In the eye of the storm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manic claws tear the sky<br>Looming above my head<br>Chthonic calls, bloodshot eyes<br>Summoning me to them<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Desperate crawl through blizzard squalls<br>Hounded by eerie shapes<br>A hail of stings ruthlessly falls<br>Onto my dire escape<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The storm birds rush cannot be shunned<br>There is no way to cope<br>It&rsquo;s too much hardships to overcome<br>I fall and hurtle down the slope<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grim lull while being drowned<br>As I sink into the ground<br>Numb and coated by hoar frost<br>I dread to think that all is lost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The harpy&rsquo;s laugh<br>Twisted inhuman face<br>Utters cries of disgrace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fury&rsquo;s torch<br>Melts the surrounding snow<br>And clears the path to follow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swift ravenous fiends<br>Foul everything that once mattered to me<br>Plunder the drifting wreck of my mind<br>I only want to forget and go blind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sisters born from the Night<br>Jailers of the insane<br>Rage is our only light<br>Let\u2019s put the rest to the flame<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Back Again<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Why leaving on this day<br>A good reason to run away<br>Starting a crusade on a fraud<br>On behalf of a paltry cause<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pretending to be the right one<br>Eager to win the bet<br>Confident to become<br>Who we cannot be yet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drifting away from our home<br>Tossed back and forth among the woes<br>Shifting our way to escape<br>Feeling alien to a chosen fate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answering riddles in the dark<br>A dangerous lair to scout<br>Diving deep for a tiny spark<br>To find a path through our greatest doubts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waking on a stranger shore<br>Exhausted by years of war<br>Caught unprepared by the swirl<br>Of the torments of the return<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good fellows to leave behind<br>Wrong beliefs to cast aside<br>Thwarting headwinds and evil traps<br>Left absolutely alone and finally back<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing else than a sum<br>Of appetite and distaste<br>Kneaded with emotions<br>But a freewill to embrace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An ethics still to craft<br>Slumbering or awake<br>Ever-improving draft<br>Or degenerated fake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Homecoming at last<br>Finally found a way<br>No longer an outcast<br>Changed and yet the same<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There and back again<br>A narrowing swirl<br>From the unknown to oneself<br>An eternal return<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bloodline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Spawn of Earth, heir to the bane<br>What is worth such suffering and pain?<br>Land is flayed under foolish dominion<br>Untold slaves consigned to oblivion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They&rsquo;re despised while plunged in despair<br>Hubris claims each day a growing share<br>Do you feel cut off from this world?<br>When you weep for countless dying herds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First do no harm<br>Never be ashamed of having a kind heart<br>Then rise to height<br>Take a view from above where the prospect is bright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the sea of cosmic time and space<br>All the boundaries wane and the differences fade<br>A unit within an army<br>One vessel among many<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walls were built to justify the wrong<br>But distinction is about to decline<br>We&rsquo;re kin of all whose fate is to evolve<br>The last offsprings of a single bloodline<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you feel this breeze of anarchy?<br>While the madness spreads just as the blood runs<br>The uprising of a new humanity<br>Breaking old rules and binding new ones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sink back down<br>Cleverness is a gift we&rsquo;re wearing like a crown<br>Now play your part<br>Remember adapting is the purpose of being smart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing seems to improve through our tiny lifespan<br>But history is on move, the quickening began<br>Behaviours go viral within the web of lives<br>Some people strive towards better times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walls were built to justify the wrong<br>But distinction is about to decline<br>We&rsquo;re kin of all whose fate is to evolve<br>The last offsprings of a single bloodline<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the ruin do fall upon us all<br>Still remains the choice of our deeds right in the here and now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walls were built to exploit overmuch<br>But extinction is at the end of the line<br>Our misdeeds might backfire on us<br>For the living is deeply intertwined<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can&rsquo;t you feel this need for empathy?<br>While the madness threatens to take it all<br>If we lay down our old burden of vanity<br>We&rsquo;ll regain our place in the whole<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If I Should Die<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Delusion or<br>Worth my lifetime<br>How would I deem what I lived for<br>If I should die?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The toil must be done<br>Days are passing by<br>But tomorrow might be the last one<br>And I shall die<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A habit is for us to deny<br>Spinning a web of silver lies<br>To hide the many agonies<br>All around us, for every being<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We seem happier reduced by hunger<br>Flattering ourselves to be starved<br>Utterly craving for all that lies beyond our grasp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the path of darkness and desire<br>A sweet scent of extinguished fire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&rsquo;re getting worse, eager to curse<br>Not the curtain, but what&rsquo;s behind<br>Intoxicated within the smell of humankind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today should be like every remaining day<br>Definitely all that I ask for<br>Whatever the moment when I\u2019ll go away<br>That does not change anything at all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happiness is complete in the here and now<br>It will not increase with a longer time<br>No other place but where I&rsquo;m sitting down<br>This one quiet throne that I recognize as mine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A busy life and good relations<br>Just like everybody else<br>Meeting these people\u2019s expectations<br>Worrying about judgments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But in my chest this acute pain<br>This unusual taste in my mouth<br>And all that counted now seems vain<br>Suddenly overwhelmed by doubt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I cannot be struck by these throes<br>With all my feelings and my thoughts<br>It would be too much awful woes<br>That my efforts had been for naught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the chase of dreams and their demise<br>A sense of nonsense in disguise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not fair, we cannot bear<br>Yet another kind of torment<br>So disappointed, in absolute bewilderment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today should be like every remaining day<br>Definitely all that I ask for<br>Whatever the moment when I\u2019ll go away<br>That does not change anything at all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happiness is complete in the here and now<br>It will not increase with a longer time<br>No other place but where I&rsquo;m sitting down<br>This one quiet throne that I recognize as mine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe it is going to take me nowhere<br>But I reckon not having to go anywhere<br>I don\u2019t keep any illusion to hold dear<br>I just need to be ready to disappear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Void comes from the self alone<br>Fear from what we believe we own<br>Stoics across time give an advice<br>May death be daily before our eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Path of the Wolf<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Beware a deal that is meant to be fair<br>Among the crowd at the feast<br>Where the prey is pleased to share<br>The same bench as the savage beast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fed with the need to win the race<br>While remaining at a proper place<br>Until being struck by the late hour<br>As we shudder at the taste turning sour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We live as if time wasn&rsquo;t going by<br>Polite guests, not even scared to die<br>Forgetting to get back on the road<br>To leave behind all the truths we believed to hold<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Settle for the chill of the forest stream<br>To quench your thirst, and go forward<br>Lightened by the faint undergrowth gleam<br>Rather than the dull shine of rewards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leave a sheltered easy life<br>To adventure into the wild<br>We might fail taking to the woods <br>But can&rsquo;t be bound by shallow goods<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One is wise to go his own way<br>Never mind if you&rsquo;re starting late<br>Wolves run wherever they like<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We may not arrive in due time<br>This bright point, keep it in your eye<br>We must stay on course<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fellows who lingered feel now dismayed<br>By quite a cruel truth to learn<br>For any feast, the cost to be paid<br>Is an amount of life in return<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One is wise to go his own way<br>Never mind if you&rsquo;re starting late<br>Wolves run wherever they like<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We may not arrive in due time<br>This bright point, keep it in your eye<br>We must stay on course<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unstoppable<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheltered in there since the fateful flight<br>Crafted den, seething with these dreams alive<br>The shadow will no more withdraw<br>Wicked time has frozen in a dusky dawn<br>Daylight will never be reaching noon<br>Marvel and despair of a world<br>Dressing not anymore in its cloak of gloom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing hinders the will<br>Nor suffers delay<br>Time is standing still<br>As nothing more stands in the way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if he claims<br>Only joy remains<br>Even quite alone<br>In a savage run <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ones that might slow the haste <br>Are fated to be hushed<br>The ones that try to stop the race<br>Deserve to be crushed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under a mask of conceit and pride<br>Badly armed with some tricks and a cunning mind <br>The harmless faced the foe unnamed<br>Played the part of a cruel unfair game<br>And killed, destroyed the grim enemy grown<br>Only one tremor for a wrong<br>Buried under a bunch of stillborn hopes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing hinders the will<br>Nor suffers delay<br>Time is standing still<br>As nothing more stands in the way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if he claims<br>Only joy remains<br>Even quite alone<br>In a savage run <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sisyphus&rsquo; Bliss<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>How would it be like to live along<br>Our passions all the way ?<br>And let their harrowing law<br>Prevails until the last day !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How in the world, did I get there<br>Bonded by habit&rsquo;s chains ?<br>Countless duties everywhere<br>Will soon drive me insane !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Condemned to ceaselessly repeat<br>The same absurd distress<br>There is no more dreadful ordeal<br>Than carry on while knowing all that meaningless<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid the strife between our longing and deeds <br>May the struggle itself be enough to craft our bliss<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But first of all, let&rsquo;s trick the fate<br>And devote to chasing new baits<br>As we escape across the void<br>Let&rsquo;s reshape what&rsquo;s already spoiled<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sticking to that forlorn solace<br>Futile entertainment<br>Perpetual restarting<br>Devoid of sense as well !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now time to face, with new insight<br>The huge waste of the years<br>What once seemed of little price<br>Is driving me to tears !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Condemned to ceaselessly repeat<br>The same absurd distress<br>There is no more dreadful ordeal<br>Than carry on while knowing all that meaningless<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But first of all, let&rsquo;s trick the fate<br>And devote to chasing new baits<br>As we escape across the void<br>Let&rsquo;s reshape what&rsquo;s already spoiled<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hellebore<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From deep slumber we awaken<br>When this sudden moment comes<br>Unexpected news calling<br>To the bedside of our kin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You have taken the hellebore<br>To cure your sorrow, heal your sores<br>Trapped at last by toxic grain<br>Which for a while relieved the pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many major things to do, I recall<br>Delayed me while you sank into dire fall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&rsquo;re not aware of the woes to bear<br>When the somber fate was ever kept at bay<br>How I bemoan that time has flown<br>For the coming days are a covered pathway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I seek to mend my faults<br>And to find the antidote<br>Will there be enough time<br>For a change of life ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black flowers, misleading leaves<br>For an evergreen disease<br>Within the ill, we find the cure<br>Mourning is real renewal&rsquo;s root<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A shade is cast over my bliss<br>A threat is on your life<br>Grounds for another sense of guilt<br>I&rsquo;m even more in fear for mine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day has come to take our place on time&rsquo;s curve<br>Through the grief<br>To this horror which seizes us<br>We belong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&rsquo;re not aware of the woes to bear<br>When the somber fate was ever kept at bay<br>How I bemoan that time has flown<br>For the coming days are a covered pathway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I seek to mend my faults<br>And to find the antidote<br>Will there be enough time<br>For a change of life ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Oathsworn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Faint sound coming from the heights<br>Limbs are rasping in the breeze<br>Omen of relentless plight<br>Foretold by the laughing trees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But soothing hope enlightens dusk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So begins a loyal quest<br>Made of things to bow<br>Endlessly doing your best<br>To stay true to your vow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to do what&rsquo;s right<br>And silence all the fears<br>Always waiving with delight<br>All that you held dear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even when the reason is blurred<br>You&rsquo;re not the kind to forsake<br>Sailing in turbid, uncharted waters<br>Commitment drags you in its wake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New pledges sworn<br>To remain faithful to the old ones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again and again<br>You&rsquo;ll try in vain<br>Learning too late<br>Defeat is our fate <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Worm of doom<br>Long in his lair<br>Lied upon despair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Word given yields<br>Before all things<br>Depending not on the will<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pain, grudge, gall<br>Take your reward<br>Vain, foolish pride<br>Behold your might<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New pledges sworn<br>To remain faithful to the old ones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Repeated vows<br>In disaster bind us even more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still you dwell on grievance past<br>All is gone in a single blast<br>Defying the world&rsquo;s contempt<br>In a desperate last attempt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Never more you&rsquo;ll be deceived<br>By the conceit of your oaths<br>Like the gentle falling leaves<br>Wind has slowly blown them all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rage and Forgiveness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearby the ships, the armies have met<br>For a new onslaught far from the high walls<br>A torch is carried, the fire lets<br>No kind of retreat once the first flame falls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bitter defeat again switches sides<br>Last hope of the greeks is waiting afar<br>The screaming fray engulfs like a tide<br>The one fallen under fellow&rsquo;s arms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now he&rsquo;s back, enraged<br>Crimson blood will drench the soil<br>Soon he&rsquo;ll pour his cruel revenge<br>Upon the plain of Troy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So cloak your pain with rage<br>Fling a blade over despair<br>For the last battle to wage<br>Let fury lead warfare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No time to mourn<br>The revenge needs no tears<br>Of ire adorned<br>Unleash the baneful spear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No more inspired by the wish for praise<br>Thrown in the fire, as the many slayed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dragging the corpse, so fiercely tough<br>Despite all the blood shed<br>This will never be enough<br>To behold the trojan dead<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Painful distress still dwelling in his heart<br>Bloody vengeance has not quenched his wrath<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the mourning city awaits<br>Crossing the hallowed gate<br>An old man hauls his gift, unseen<br>To the bane of his kin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here they are, the king, the warrior<br>Once they were the mightiest of theirs<br>Now on pathetic fate, they cry<br>Their beloved ones are lost, they died<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shared sorrow and crushing grief<br>Forgiveness rules, and rage is sheathed<br>Fame, hatred, blood and fire<br>None remains but a smoking pyre <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Call of the Wild<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pulled from a life soft and quiescent<br>Flung into the heart of fight<br>Threat and peril at any moment<br>Death is everywhere in sight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither rest nor peace<br>Nor a place of safety<br>Circled with perpetual fear<br>Of those who struggle to live<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This feral world seems not to know any moral law<br>These savages tear all to pieces between callous jaws<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need to change to survive in this hostile land<br>Time to learn the way of the claw and the fang<br>As the primordial beast grows stronger<br>And the claims of mankind are waning in whispers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Herein the primeval forest <br>Covered by the veil of the mist<br>The theatre of a great trial<br>And the trail to wisdom we aspire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deep into the wild <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The river runs as the pack pours in a flood<br>Life flows and breeds and fades away in blood<br>Nothing stands still, all existence is brief<br>Reminding that law gives us some relief <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turn away from the toil<br>Seek for your true self<br>In due time returning to void<br>Follow the tracks elders have left<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trial of death must be faced<br>To retrieve our rightful place<br>All from nature rise and fall<br>And shall dissolve to its call<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So go on your way and rely<br>On the growing sound of the wild<br>The song of the stream, make it yours<br>And never go back anymore <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Swift messenger, loquacious crow<br>Thee through faithfulness obtained<br>Shift from silver to dark glow<br>Sing the struggles of a perilous change<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crossing spirit, trickster raven<br>Thee who disturbs lines and finds<br>On the border your haven<br>Show how to get out of an ominous bind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memory is keeping at bay<br>Those who hesitate to move away<br>What is urging to roam<br>Those who are on the road\u00a0?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wandering the dire lands<br>Back to gleaming shores<br>To get lost or to strand<br>But rest no more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shape-shifting mind<br>Ready to take a chance<br>Lies tells the 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