And Rising

And, rising, bless the Cimmerian shade of night With cupped snowflake-skin flowing, bathed in sultry rebirth Praise the darkness that impregnated your essence with light. Now permeated with scent of ashes, grasp with might the memories of a child once holy in its innocence of mirth And, rising, bless the Cimmerian shade of night. And gaze raptly, effervescent, drunk with flight – into the Neverwere of existence that soured your birth Praise the darkness that impregnated your essence with light. When young, you were all-ignorance – in lack of sorrow, bright Smote the mocking fruit of knowledge: caress with stable blaze the earth And, rising, bless the Cimmerian shade of night. With scars that unfurl like ribbons of wings you will alight Entwine your luminescence with those unmarred before the curse – Praise the darkness that impregnated your essence with light. You misconstrued the pain that seared, but now you fight No longer complacent, idle –embrace the warrior death brought forth And, rising, bless the Cimmerian shade of night – Praise the darkness that impregnated your essence with light. **Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"