Sunflare

When you have gold, they'll try to tear it from your hands
When you make life, they'll take and grind it into sand
Armed and prepared for what befalls you
The greatest gift that you possess is all that we gave you

Do the lanterns lead us on from afar?
Do our eyes belie the memory of the friends we've lost?
Take comfort, if you believe you'll meet again
But until that day, as we mortals may, live to honour them

All our hopes and all our love our greatest wishes go with you
May you find the place that you were meant to find
Hold on to your truth, to serve you well
Words conceal - they are deception trust the signs, not empty promises

At dusk, set out to unknown lands far beyond your borders
Into the heart - the maddened depths until the first rays blind
You hold our dreams our toil and our creation
Never want and never need, nor thirst nor hunger

You've won the right, have you not, to guide and shape what is to follow?
Leave impressions for generations yet to be know what you are
What you are not and if you leave this place tomorrow
Know you have lived a life content and satisfied