To The Riverside
To the riverside, to the river we must go!
We cannot tarry in our quarrels evermore
Let us take leave of our battlements burning
With a torch and pail of heavy things
And restless hands slung by selfish sides
For so long I have been unknowing
All along she was calling for temperance
She wails, she weeps, she wilts
We must fare forward, the union we are
Released from your shackles of vanity,
Demisted the view before your eyes
For you are as young as I with wisdom tenfold
From selfsame roots that was our sanction
You speak now with truth gone from honest lips
And a heart swelling with raging burn
Like the soul that e’er bites its tail
A great light once came from your lungs
The gift to inspire a younger legion anon
Yet your singing voice has taken flight
Taken by a chilling mantle of secrecy and decay
Your desire departed for community and lore
Eyes devoid of their compassion for aid
I pray there is still time, time to redeem us
To the riverside, to the river we must go!
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