Category: A Man’s Journey
(Evenfall – Infinite Reflections)
Belonging
In the veil they would meet
Brushing hands in passing
Neither feeling secure
To reach out grasping
Needing consistency
Unable to voice fealty
But finding in each other’s hearts
Hope’s comfort they were seeking
Unicorn
Hard to forget
Once sighted
Lingering
In dreams
Not The Only One
Crying for wanting true love.
May Grace Protect You
(If You Want Somebody – Elderbrook)
“Golden Gates” (Song)
By Athena Stairs, October 25, 2025
I remember you from Elden days
As a whisper upon the wind
When love was just a shadow
In a world submerged in sin
And everywhere I’d follow
Led to high cliffs or dead ends
No money begged nor borrowed
Could erase our souls as kin
And if I were to tell you
We were someday meant to be
Would it be enough to hold you
Now we’ve found this reality?
My light it’s always been you
We have followed in its wake
The purest of intentions
Our blood never forsakes
Yet I who’ve come before you
Knows youth that still debates
How much longer when so close
Before our keys open the gate?
And instinct burns the scriptures
Where the wicked stole our fate?
For lifetimes we have witnessed
From afar the promised land
In each other’s eyes in passing
Swore an oath to hold your hand
Come to me now
Come home at last
It’s time we feast
On love’s repast
And all the world
Will know at last
What it feels like
To be truly blessed
Come revel with me
Breathe in the scent
Of Eden’s garden
No longer Hellbent
Children of God
As our descent
No longer cast
Far to wander
Come meet me
At the alter
Where our hearts
Spring wings anew
I know you
I know you
I know you
It’s true
I know you
I love you
Free at last
Me and you
—-
Haunting Elden melodies of longing.
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(The Rope – Lane 8 & Anderholm ft. POLIÇA)
(Stars – Eriks Esenvalds, Oregon Repertory Singers)
Dr. Ethan Sperry, Artistic Director
Lisa Riffel, Assistant Conductor & Choir Manager
Naomi LaViolette, Accompanist
David Peterson, Producer & Editor
Stars
Music: Ēriks Ešenvalds
Lyrics: Sara Teasdale
Alone in the night
On a dark hill
With pines around me
Spicy and still
And a heaven full of stars
Over my head
White and topaz
And misty red;
Myriads with beating
Hearts of fire
The aeons
Cannot vex or tire;
Up the dome of heaven
Like a great hill
I watch them marching
Stately and still
And I know that I
Am honored to be
Witness
Of so much majesty
“Promise”
“King Of Hearts” 1st Rough
Listen to “King Of Hearts” song, 1st verse and chorus 10.20.25.m4a by Candid Corvid Productions on #SoundCloud
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(Numb – Goodboys, Extended)
By Rights
They were just two people who loved and wanted each other.
The Offering
From that angle, the light shined upon his face revealing the pure innocence still residing within him, displayed for her acceptance in vulnerable openness.
It shocked her to her core, for never had she seen such bright beauty – for she could see the light of his soul emanating from back through time to how he’d always been, from the beginning.
So young – so young! her heart leapt out to protect him.
How could she want one so young? She drew back in shame at her assumptions.
But she knew that she must have seen the limits of time as they frissioned.
Fidgeting nervously for an hour while on the important call and casting tenuous glances around her, she saw him at last cross behind her quickly the opposite way, striding purposefully to a car and clutching a rolled up and well-creased paper bag that indicated his nervousness.
As she turned to better look at his retreating, strong and mature back, all she could think of was there went the man that she loved most fervently.
And she felt powerless to stop him.
(Shadow Dancing – Andy Gibb)
Gifted
Emotionally
&
Intelligently
A Beautiful Violence
“Now there goes a man of beauty and grace in commitment.”
Not This Time
“I would not wish to see this one hurt.
Gods, be at last generous and kind to him.”
One Could Say
“‘Greater men have fallen'” – but rarely a man’s heart has loved to that immense and wonderful capacity.”
Ard Rhi
He could never
Be her consort
Tradition demanded
Much more than this
“King Of Hearts” (Song)
By Athena Stairs, October 18, 2025
King of Hearts
Where’s your start?
Do you see the
Way is open?
In a glance
Hidden chance
Now we feel the
Future welcome
In all of the
Days of searching
Our souls had to
Keep learning
How to love again
In ways that never end
And while I was dreaming
You’ve been creating
A song to sing again
My Dearest Friend
My Dearest Friend
King of Hearts
In a flash
I see our
Lives unfolding
You and me
We make a team
Hand in hand
Our lives are golden
For all the pain
We suffered through
I wouldn’t change
A thing or you
Because we’re here
In paradise awakened
What was lost
Is not forsaken
But becomes
Reborn again
And Heaven’s voice
Opens the Gates
Calling us home
(Its throne our Home)
—
Chord chart and recording pending…
Note to self: last phrases end on same end notes of my song “Where Hearts Roam.”
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King Of Hearts
High born in the lands of legacy
Sought oceans’ siren entreaties
Unkowing he’d rule air’s landing
Crowned to marry any kingdom
Yet never was he of pedantry
Mastering creation of realities
(The Way You Look At Me – Matthew Kalyani)
All Along
One day he turned to look – and found that she’d been waiting for him, tethered…
(Ready Set Go – BNZA)
Never Forgotten: Wanted
(Better With Me – Shadow Beloved)
Part Of Me
He saw her sitting in her car, immersed in a serious phone video call.
What did he think of her when he saw her like this in reality.
Was there respect and admiration, or did he decide he was barking up the wrong tree?
—
(Title of multiple meanings)
(King City – Jordan Majid)
Bridge Of Light
Caught In The Void
He didn’t understand why it was happening.
His parents just one day stopped truly seeing him.
Even when they spoke with him, it was as if they or he, were/was not truly present.
Were they distracted? Had he changed inside so quickly, so drastically?
Had he grown beyond their capacities of understanding?
They didn’t see his silence as an indicator that he was falling…falling deeper away from the norms of expectation.
