Like a shadow
Born from ash
Risen from fire
Out of the past
A chick from its egg
A gallant ship's mast
Soaring so taller
Lifting too fast
Creeping and cruising
Anguished in cry
Soon to be heard
Soon it will die
Or rise on the sun
Upon a beam's ray
Overturned light
A forgotten day
The silver on cloud
The lining on life
Twisted and turning
Wrenching the knife
Pierced be its edge
A whispering dream
Or a mare of the night
Lost and unseen
As a cloud shadow
Born from the dark
Risen from fear
Or a rising lark
Breaking through mist
Spider through web
Chick from the egg
Now flow and ebb
Looming from dark
Ghost in the night
Caress of the heart
Mem'ry in light.