Companions of Night

Lords, ladies, riders of the veil
Gather at once to hear these tales
Of crackling fire, chants and cries
That take the midnight as it burns the sky

Draw back the stitched tapestries
May they flow like heavenly rain
Unhand the finest silk
For they bear no rule against the King

Stay my hand in war, my friend
For the trees have stopped me in my tracks
Horses pound across the golden plains
Into furious, blinding and untamed dawn

Once again we return to earth
For lords and ladies of sweetened rhymes
Pull on bells that are fixed to stone
Where the night calls its companions home

At once the sky cracked like glass
Revealing wounds that have long since passed
Now the falling sun blesses the beaten grain
Leaving them taller and brighter today