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A Storm Gathers
02:37
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Irascor
09:04
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Cinder, salt, and sulfur
The offering aflame
Curling toward the heavens
The smoke whispers a name
The ground before you trembles
Shadows clutch and leer
Your lips repeat enchantments
'til moon drenched, it appears!
"Blood of the Earth, Light of the Moon,
Bend to me now, Spirit and Rune!"
Through the mist it rises
A black and writhing storm
Irascor, it towers
Fury given form
As you shudder, fearful
Now you see its face
The demon wears your visage
Contorted in disgrace
You know you mustn't falter
There's work that must be done
Confront your undue anger
The trial now begun
"Child, why dost thou seek me?
It leads only to strife
I am thy deepest loathing
Hatred's blood-drenched knife
Lives I tear asunder
Ruin in my wake
The cycle ever-fueling
A hunger never slaked"
Demon!
I've come to vanquish, extinguish, slay
Tired
Of endless ire, for respite I pray
Demon!
Leave me in peace, I want to feel whole
Longing
To finally gain some control
Deep breath in
Do not fear
Quench this fire
Quell this hate
Open your clenched fists
Reach out not with rage
Expel pain to mist
Let go, release release release release your wrath
"Foolish art thou mortal!
Choler is no sin
Though thy calm reduced me
I'll seep back through thy skin
For passion is a tool
A spiked and fierce defense
It flares when thou fall'st victim
To injustices immense
I shall reside within thee
And together we –
We shall persevere"
(Ire non est malum)
Together we strive to
Make a better Earth
As above, the cosmic,
Shines in glor'us light so to
We shall blaze eternal, dauntless,
Darkness burning, kept at bay
Not a violence but a strength
To hold a place where hate can't grow
Anger is magik, a circle we drew
"Blood of the Earth, Light of the Moon
Bend to me now, Spirit and Rune!"
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3. |
A Dream of Endless Light
08:38
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In search of rest and respite
I wandered weary eyed
Through ancient forests shrouded,
My moss-grown path unlit
I came upon an altar
Beneath a cedar's boughs
And laid my self to slumber
So magic could my sins atone
O'er eons I lay restless,
I slept but woke a husk
Self-hate molded to anguish
Some sick self-loathing ideation!
Grieve the loss
Of love meant for yourself
Gone are days
Where wishing makes you well
Open wide
The gates of grace and care
Cultivate
Kindness, growth, and change
Love from within
Light! Endless light!
Stretching infinite
We are light, Eternal!
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First there was dust, swirling in darkness
Particles thrown from the forge of creation
Gravity's well condensed and melded
Pressure to fusion, fusion to light
Twirling in tandem, twins of the void
Burning together for billions of years
Slowly the fade
But endless they turn
Light evermore
Burns at their core
Shining we see
Glory on high
Altar of stars
Come as you are
* * *
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5. |
Forgetting
08:28
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Who are you?
Where are we?
Face a blur
Who are you?
Something wrong
Where's my son?
You're not him
Where am I?
Am I loved?
I know I was
Mirror grey,
Who am I?
It comes in bits and pieces
History a haze
I conjure names and numbers
But can't recall a face
I had someone who loved me
It seems so long ago
These people here surrounding
Am I supposed to know?
Who are you?
Who am I?
Have I loved?
Was I loved?
Am I loved?
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Under a golden summer sun
Down to the field I went
Where they say lovers make their vows
There I came to repent
Under a silver crescent moon
Through the dark vale I trod
Opposite came a figure cloaked
Wielding a blade's facade
Under that cursed summer moon
Steel slashed through the night
What I imagined was a blade,
Flowers of moonbeam white
Under the clouds that swept the moon
I held my lover's hand
As the young maiden breathed her last
So my tears wet the sand
Lay me down in poison flowers
Braid the stalks across my brow
Let me rest in baneful glamour
Cursed to sleep in pest'lent Earth!
Under the stars all summer long
I returned there to pray
Hoping that peace would come to me
But shame it would not allay
Under the veil of restless sleep
Tortured I was by dreams
Again and again I slew her
Waking I'd hear her screams
Under my roof I rotted
Wasted to skin and ash
Gloom it had turned to anguish
Breaking me lash by lash
Under the harsh and burning sun
I came to mourn my love
Driven by guilt I made a vow
Of oleander and foxglove
By this chalice and this bloom
Swear I now to hasten doom
Oleander, blood, and wine
By this spell by life unwind
Death it comes on flowered wings
Bitter kiss, endless sleep
O! My love! There's no forgiving
My grave sin
But I must see you again
O! My love! I will see you soon
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7. |
Earth Reclaims the Stone
10:08
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Bound to this plane of existence
We are vessel
For the shaping
Caught in the tangle of living
Empty drifting
No escaping
Purpose we're told is the answer
Fill the vessel
With life's meaning
Such an ambition must falter
With life's pressures
Intervening
Let go the burdens of time and place
Find true form
In the void
What is the vision seen of yourself?
Pieces whole?
Or destroyed?
Shape a new self in that knowledge
Fuse the outward
And within
Conjure the spirit, coalesce
Let your rebirth
Now begin!
Tether soul to Earth, Mother to us all
Send your roots out deep, feel the pull, the call
Let your heart burn free, shed the rot and blight
Give to her your pain and fill yourself with light
Give up your grief to recycle
Let it be pulled under waves!
The stone that hindered your progress
Shall crumble to sand, a grave
For those who dare deride
Our Earth Mother's child, her pride!
As moss devours the dead
As the vine engulfs the dwelling
Karma binds hate with Her thread
We are magik, cosmic, rebelling
Justice bends to those who have grown
The earth reclaims the stone
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Nirensimt Chicago, Illinois
Nirensimt (near/in/simt) noun - One who looks at the stars too much
Nirensimt
coalesces a sense of the cosmic with the weight of the personal, drawing on deep magiks to create powerful, impactful atmospheres of sound.
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