Enter Life

Time and tide have taken toll Said is the last goodbye A shiver, the last ember dies A tear in weary eyes There's a path between me and the child The distance, the miles, the days Turns and crossroads lie behind Ahead the mortal way How was I to comprehend that there's a start to every end Washed ashore by mother tide, with years to enter life The gift of the untroubled mind, under the patient scythe Conscious, yet doomed to forget what mankind never knew A sand-worn face, the meadow's end beneath the dew The last glance at the first sunrise is fading in the dark Breath for the outlasting flame that's bearing the first spark Once shut eyes are meant to see the paintings in the cave Before the dreamer's memories are taken by the waves Sailing to the furthest shore that sightless eyes have seen before Washed ashore by mother tide with years to enter life The gift of the untroubled mind, under the patient scythe Conscious, yet doomed to forget what mankind never knew A sand-worn face, the meadow's end beneath the dew