The Tain

They walked a long lonely road

in a crowd where each felt more alone

But the mountains kept them company;

The mountains, the mist and the apparent history

of the rivers and trees and the clouded skies

and the emerging crimson sun

And so they walked, setting aside daily thoughts;

thoughts and feelings of what they knew and lost

They walked with heavy hearts, in surrender

where was their savior, they wondered

All they knew was they had to walk;

walk that long lonely road in a crowd

Feet were tired, eyes were red, 

blood was dry, mouths hadn’t been fed

Dreams of salvation often crossed their minds

but silence enveloped them, these things were never shared

They slowly traversed the rocky terrain

night came, went and was transformed into day

Little did they know that seasons will come and go

years will pass, they would lose track of time

Beards will grow, age will show, but the wind will still blow

And so the winds did blow, as they made their way

along a path that would make sense backwards

but which still had to be tread in that mysterious way

And tread they did, they traveled this road

They did not have much else to do

but walk in faith, in fear and awe

They walked in a crowd, powerless and strong

And the gods decided the time had come

that night the stars shone as bright as the sun

Never before in the history of time 

had a sight like it come to show

itself upon a mountain of grain and sand

The basics of humans and nature exposed

Fear, morals and other confusing concepts

dismantled in form and meaning and all

Rise, rise from the sea, angel of Love

With wings, forsaken as a once shining armor

that has been splashed with blood and wrath

from many a men and women, and now children

with fear and hatred written across their hearts

and across a future so calamitous

Rise, as the elixir of Truth washes your wings clean

of all the dread and misery

As a light shines through you, it shines through us

through every miniscule piece of dust

We bow to thee, to thee we bow!

You are our savior, we know it now!