The Rise and Fall of Sun and Moon

 

(A lone voice sings by campfire)

Drifting on a lone cloud
I sing

Of things
Once seen
Within

With
The Sun and Moon
Who knows my name

For they too
Rise
And set

The world over
In pain

So I dream
Oh
I dream again

Whispering to them both

O tell me
O tell me
Friends

Will I dream alone
Until the end

And into solitude
Descend

Or will wisdom's spirit
Fly to me

So tell me
O tell me
Friends

Sun and Moon

Will I wander
With this hole

In my endless
Dark Night
Of the Soul

Or will my world
My Great Seal
Hear me

And help me
Heal

So
Tell me
O Tell me
Friends

Was all revealed
From beginning
About the end

When I caught
Her white feather
Spinning

So
Tell me
O tell me

Elemental Spirits and
Friends

I call to you
Both

O
Sky and Moon

Will I love once more
And open
A new door

To feel what's
Real
In this endless quest

As I try to pass
All tests
Once set

Or will
Whispers

From Sun and
Moon

Tell me
Wait

For
She comes

Riding
On waves

Of The Winter's
Monsoon

And to still sing
The lost echoes

Of this

A once-lost
Tune called

The Rise and Fall of Sun and Moon

For
She comes

Riding
On waves

Of The Winter's
Monsoon

(C)

Copyright John Duffy

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