Shedding Skins

He shed what his skin gave to him The warmth that leads to all his lies And in its death he finds what begins The nameless power of things inside In his death he discovers the sky Its cycle reminds him of what remains The dance of daylight into the night Spinning through them is where he stays He broke through the pain that became his land All his tears were shed within He broke right through and reclaimed the sand And in his death he found what begins Not much love for what has passed Only resolve for tomorrows sight The weathers that favour his everything He will walk on through shadows and light His wisdom has carried his shield And his body has sheltered his heart The soul underneath still knows to feel And in their deaths he will know where to start