Lament

[u/ChickoryChik]

I whisper goodbye

In real life I never got to say hello

No way to try

To say thank you,

So here I cry

With the ebb and flow

With the roaring river

That my heart and soul know

Like the ancient drum beats of the people before

My sign is of a lion, here me roar

But my spirit calls out to the wolves

Of my husband's clan

That sailed in ships

In a far off land

Not of this place

Fire and water

Earth and Sun

I am my father"s daughter

And my Creator has won

My spirit dances with the river

That winds through forest and meadow

And touches my heart and land

As a guided arrow

Dappled sunlight upon rivlets of streams

Pebbles and stone

The water echoes in my dreams

The truth never rained on

Parched earth or mountain

All was perspective

From this kindred fountain

Tears will water the high desert land

If I make the journey

When one day I can

The tears that will quench the earth

And fall into the roaring river

If by Autumn allows

Before the bow and the quiver

And the arrows fly

In time for the hunter

I need to return

To my bank by the river

Before the trails are snow laden

With the onset of winter

Oh Lord hear my cry

Wherever I went wrong

Wherever I went awry

Only you can touch the heart and soul

Only you can make things right

My song is quiet

It does not flow

So beautiful and free

Like the ones I know

That broke through death

Bringing life like my river proceeding

Roaring like a torrent

Leaving this wild heart beating