The sun is a gentle fire Sedating the world in hazy slumber Through rays vast billows unfold Dazzling like opal and gold The lustre of years foretold Each day lives only a day old Time wither like wind Trembles, decays from within From ankles flourish feathered wings Traverse the lands, hearkening The voice of flowers And other silent things The waning glow of daylight In your shadows i find respite Oceans of lapis and green Shimmer with the purest sheen To the furthest crevices of the earth We voyaged through death and birth The sky was luminous and whole Cleansing the chasms of our souls From ankles flourish feathered wings Traverse the lands, hearkening The voice of flowers And other silent things