Shade 77: Whirlpool

With a torrent and a flourish and a slap

the summer ends

And the bitter breeze of yesterday comes

screaming round the bends

With a whimper and a whinny and a whine

the people groan

Inside of doors with windows shut again

to be alone

With a sputter and a crumble and a crack

the gold turns gray

The warmer winds and dulcet days once more

get locked away

Shade 76: Lose Wires

If energy cannot be created

And energy cannot be destroyed

What happens to our energy

When our brains are unemployed

Where do the currents travel

When the pulses have died down

Where goes that electricity

When we lie beneath the ground

If our thoughts are pulsing patterns

If our selves are circuit sparks

Then our energy remains behind

When all the world goes dark

Shade 75: Complacentsea

Take our hand and carry us on
To the crystal blue waters of Babylon
Drink so deep and worry is gone
No wants no needs no self alone
Body relax the spirit has flown
Beneath the light of golden dawn
No wind of thought no breeze is blown
Us and all can live as one

Shade 74: In The Abandoned Tunnels

What is here that’s calling?
Whispering through the night
Telling us some secret
Man keeps locked inside

What is here so tempting?
A beacon through the clouds
Things we weren't searching for
Longing to be found

The scratching in the darkness show true
We are sinners too
We are sinners too

[From the streets above]
Alone our bodies are nothing
Alone our thoughts are nothing
But we share one soul and we build one fate
Through the glory of our brothers and the mercy of the State

What is here that beckons?
Like mystery in the dark
Things we fear forbidden
Tugging at our heart

Stay we hear your calling
With our candle's tiny flame
We won't ignore your calling
You speak to us by name
You speak to us by name

Shade 73: Waning Gold of Summer

The summers ending once again
Though not at all too slow.
The time that we all knew would come
Has come and I must go.
Soon we must be on our way
But we shall meet again
To raise a glass another day.
Farewell, my friends, till then.

Shade 72: New July

I hear the golden ringing bells
Far atop the summer hill
Prosperity and joy and love
Begin my life to fill
The air is warm the trees are thick
Hatchling birds take wing
The lady who has won my heart
Contently wears my ring

Shade 71: Reverence

Do not tell me you are sorry
Do not tell me you repent
Do not plead that you deserve salvation from that which you lament
No, you are on your own now
You claimed that you could handle
You took for granted of your power, now you sit in shambles
The world was ever at your feet
With confidence you boasted long
Have you found humility in finding you were wrong
I take back from you your courage
Your ambition, though it shone
What have you come to understand now that you bask alone
Do you now take heed of my design
Though filled with insecurity
And did you find that at your age there still lurks immaturity