candle smoke and sage wildflowers in barley apple skins and cherry blossoms ever higher the moon rises pastel sands and frolicking seas sugar on the tongue and salt in the breeze raspberry clouds and violet stars petals float on the water falcon cries and long sunbeams lush vines on the bones of your guardians white wings and crisp steel crimson snow crowns our peaks golden rings and storms glittering eyes and lost time candle stubs on fresh graves bury me face down this time