By Athena Stairs, April 5, 2025
Breaking vigilance
Amid the violence
I see you reaching
For hope’s dictates
Ethereal forms
Transcending
Carbon into atoms
For souls’ remaking
Redeemed
Unforsaken
As planned by
Sleep’s awakening
Your sacrifices were
Beyond satisfactory
Granting clemency to
Those who’ve grieved
Opening arms now to
Claim your own needs
Do you see the way unfold
Paved by rebirth’s flame?
Battles fought and won
Have only just begun
Tempered warriors’ truth
Wields mightier from love
Remove gloves so that
Hands may reach anew
And know my heart
Believes in your truth
Caramel
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Dedicated to the band Sleep Token
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