SKYWARD (2023) - Aether
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A Bard once told me,
Oh the saddest of stories
Make the best of songs
So raise your spear, know
Know that you are art
A painting of a soldier
Bloody fingers neigh erase his singing
Neigh erase the ground
Planting a seed of freedom, of healthy soil
Oh,
Won't you smile, how can you cry
In sight of tragic humanity
In sight of all this bloodshed
While stars shine bright
Raise your spear, soldier,
Raise your arms, my knight
Rise your eyes, my child -
For saving has come, oh,
For the night shall fade
And home shall be free
The bard looks skyward,
The storm rages on, in
A beauty known only in pain
In bloodshed and cries
"The best of rains wash away
All that once hurt, left with an
Aftertaste, of blood and wine," the bard
had hummed
As I stand by his side, a mere drop falls
"Skyward, skyward," he says
"will always take you home."
And I ignore his tears
Just as he ignores my own.
