Zadius Sky
The Living Force
Written in summer of 2004. I have posted this poem in my blog site: http://zadiussky.blogspot.com/2007/07/fire-within-poem.html
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The Fire Within
When one rose before dawn
and should ascend before the night falls,
a naked sword will appear by his hands
and all of his possessions forfeited.
One's own demise
should burn within
without a sputter
without a steam.
As one stand before the red judge,
his tongue was held
and his silence slowly reigned
over the hollow ground.
And, one would wonder what was afoot
if following the examples
of his May ancestors
could keep his ember growing.
But, on a seventh moon
of a third year of his reign,
the time would freeze for a moment
as he dream of his own growth.
Then, one pondered
if his life should burn at its mirth
while he travel through the burning land
where his path meet its end.
Still, the path of the one
may wander into the abyss
may wander into the fire
before his eyes goes unlearned.
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The Fire Within
When one rose before dawn
and should ascend before the night falls,
a naked sword will appear by his hands
and all of his possessions forfeited.
One's own demise
should burn within
without a sputter
without a steam.
As one stand before the red judge,
his tongue was held
and his silence slowly reigned
over the hollow ground.
And, one would wonder what was afoot
if following the examples
of his May ancestors
could keep his ember growing.
But, on a seventh moon
of a third year of his reign,
the time would freeze for a moment
as he dream of his own growth.
Then, one pondered
if his life should burn at its mirth
while he travel through the burning land
where his path meet its end.
Still, the path of the one
may wander into the abyss
may wander into the fire
before his eyes goes unlearned.