You graced my brows with gleaming light
And sent me forth into the night
A lantern swinging in my hand
I faced a sea of windswept land
A glitter, glimmer
Moth of white
Unto a world of shaded sight
You sent me forth into the night.
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I crested hills and looked about
Questing for a lonely route
And towards the jaws which ripped the sky
I held my gleaming lantern high
A glitter, glimmer
Moth of white
Into the mountains gnarled with might
I took the deepest path of night.
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And as I, glimmering, carried on
The rock-choked paths which led to dawn
My fingers touched each mortal face
And flooded them with hope and grace
A glitter, glimmer
Moth of white
Against the doom, a lonely light
I brought a fire into their night.
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I walked on for a thousand years
My ageless eyes wept all Life’s tears
Until my footsteps touched the shore
A boat stood with a single oar
I slipped into its curving frame
And passed beyond all shade and flame
A glitter, glimmer
Moth of white
On gulls’ white wings I took my flight
And came again into your light.