vision persists in memory of the eye where moving image still seems full and bright though many hopes have faded into night and all is strange now under a new sky and other stars still hearts demand to fly into the realms of true and honest light where none will question when we reach the height nor will each word be stifled by the lie we ask the dragon for one drop of blood to change the order of things now well known into fresh truths and we restring the lyre to have our songs resound above the mud into that air where one bird soars alone reaching towards the source of light and fire