When the Forest Reigns (Desire)

Hallowed are the wise old trees

That have stood for time eternal

The desire to live is strong

Embedded in the earth, the roots

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When I wandered

That fateful day

Into the forest

Past the stream

To the place

Where willows weep

In the shadows to

The unspeakable lay asleep

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Twig snapped under foot

Creating the sound

That woke the thing

From its ethereal sleep

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I tried

I tried to scream

But no sound came

"Be still o one wandering"

To me said the unspeakable thing

"You have suffered

Much in your past

Such things cannot harm you now

And desire is yours at last"

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The song of the forest

Is now in my blood

I will carry on

For I know the secrets of the trees