Night Flight -- Samhane Edition, Black Fire/Moon Fire

Night Flight

Poem by Strider

Lying in the hot bath
trying to soak out woes
The church bell's freezing tones
Midnight
A soft voice "Come soar with me"
Soothing, calm "The white on the ground is the grey in your heart"
True
From candlelight the voice grows eyes and claws

The clouds, moist but warm
Through them the street below
The stars, a breath away but too cold to touch
by them light to see

Still soft, "It is right to see your smile
and death leave your faces"
"The sky will not always be free"
A tail fades into the vast.
The clouds yield no support as the stars run away.
A polite splash yet,
The water is cold.



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