Borderland
Amidst the stars I roamed the universe I found my sun In the heart of the Milky Way Under the heaven's dome I wandered across the land Followed the North Star I saw the familiar signs In the midst of a maple grove Behind the oaken trees By the edge of the fir forest Under the little-leafs I’ll sing the song of life I'll drum to the sun Watching the creation Listening to the river of time It flows The wheel of life sparkles In the play of shadow and light Continues the story of the song I'll journey back to the stars I’ll soar through galaxies Freed from the yoke of time Into the gyre of eternity In the midst of a maple grove Behind the oaken trees By the edge of the fir forest Under the little-leafs I'll sing the song of life I'll drum to the sun Watching the creation Listening to the river of time When the wheel has come full circle And my journey here is done I will roam amidst the stars Salute the splendor of sun In the midst of a maple grove Behind the oaken trees By the edge of the fir forest Under the little-leafs I'll sing the song of life I'll drum to the sun Watching the creation Listening to the river of time
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Mar 26, 2026
Your spirit dances under ancient trees By a forest road On a mossy rock, your shadow lingers You will join the circling sun Close your eyes and listen closely To the sound beneath your thoughts You will find the heart of time Echoing the beating drum Leave your body and shift your shape The weasel slips into the stump The otter dives beneath the roots Into the depths of the earth Past the earth and gravel, beneath the ground Swoops thе black-throated bird Swims the seal and thе walrus black Into the watery abyss Beyond the gates to lightless lands Carved in spruce, hammered in oak On the doors of the Mansions of Manala Death is the only word you'll find Close your eyes and listen closely To the sound beneath your thoughts You will find the heart of time Echoing the beating drum Echoing the beating drum Leave your body and shift your shape The weasel slips into the stump The otter dives beneath the roots Into the depths of the earth Past the earth and gravel, beneath the ground Swoops the black-throated bird Swims the seal and the walrus black Into the watery abyss You must turn from that door, run through the gate Swoop as the walrus and the black-throated bird Dart as the otter, flit as the weasel Rise from the dirt into the light Leave your body and shift your shape The weasel slips into the stump The otter dives beneath the roots Into the depths of the earth Past the earth and gravel, beneath the ground Swoops the black-throated bird Swims the seal and the walrus black Into the watery abyss
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Mar 26, 2026
Between light and shadow In the haze, bleak and gray In the foggy veil of blue, I was drawn by the dawn Outlined by the day There among my own Reared by my kith and kin I learnt the words and the everyday chores The toil, the lot of man I was born with the sun (Number and knowledge) Perished with the moon I was (I gained from the day) The song of life's splendor I was taught by the night And wise were the dead (Number and knowledgе) Who stood by my side (I gained from the day) As I walkеd straight and narrow On my path in the sun From the vault of the heavens I stole the Moon's magic song From the pearl in the shell, spied the secret words Just to forget it all Between the light and shadow In the haze, bleak and gray In the dusk, I faded Disappeared into the night I was born with the sun (Number and knowledge) Perished with the moon I was (I gained from the day) As I walked straight and narrow On my path in the sun I was born with the sun (Number and knowledge) Perished with the moon I was (I gained from the day) The song of life's splendor I was taught by the night And wise were the dead (Number and knowledge) Who stood by my side (I gained from the day) As I walked straight and narrow On my path in the sun
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Mar 26, 2026
Upon the strange, I stumbled The eldritch, I encountered Speaking in whispers and harsh cries I had known it inside of me I had lost it everywhere It shifted its shape and changed its size Changed its size Nestled by the rocks In blood and earthen red I'll paint the secrets of yore I'll roam and I'll seek, I'll come and I will find you "I am the eagle and the bear, the wind and the emptinеss" In the night of the mind, in the light of thе day "I am the trout and the deer, the wind and the emptiness" In the heart of the wild Under the gyre of stars Embraced by the tall, murky woods Tall, murky woods Nestled by the rocks In blood and earthen red I'll paint the secrets of yore I'll roam and I'll seek, I'll come and I will find you "I am the eagle and the bear, the wind and the emptiness" In the night of the mind, in the light of the day "I am the trout and the deer, the wind and the emptiness" Shrouded in mist, the sinking fens Where paths will dwindle in the dark And signs will fade and disappear My footprint's seen but for a while I'll roam and I'll seek, I'll come and I will find you "I am the eagle and the bear, the wind and the emptiness" In the night of the mind, in the light of the day "I am the trout and the deer, the wind and the emptiness"
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Mar 26, 2026
When your brother, the wind, turns against you And the rising storm roils the waves When the mountain blue on the distant shore Is deemed by raging waters, your horizon is lost When your sister, the wind, turns against you And the trees are torn from their roots When the ancient oaks of the forest Come crashing down to the ground But when darkness prevails, all hope is lost And emptiness conquers all Dims the fire in your heart The dead will come to your aid And the wise shall stand by your side When you turn against yourself You will bury each hope and dream All blessings will turn to curses As the fire in your heart It flickers, soon to go out But when darkness prevails, all hope is lost And emptiness conquers all Dims the fire in your heart The dead will come to your aid And the wise shall stand by your side They are of your tribe and your nation Who have come for the aid of their kin Amassed their ancient wisdom All of their arts appended They have brought you here today And will usher you into tomorrow You'll see the mountain blue Glimmering in the distance Waiting for you It's looking at you It sees your life It's looking at you It knows your death See the horizon is clearing The acorn takes root and grows The curses turn to blessings Light a fire in your heart The dead have come to your aid And the wise now stand by your side They are of your tribe and your nation And the wise now stand by your side They are of your tribe and your nation And the wise now stand by your side
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Mar 26, 2026
The river brings butterfly wings Carries shining feathers of birds And flowers and branches of trees And broken bodies maimed In black waters, they all sank Devoured by the depths The bodies in Tuonela's stream (Tuonela's stream) The kings of renown The mightiest of men Jumbled together with lowly slaves All smeared into pulp The flesh of the families The bones of the tribes Deprived of their trophies Dismembered and crushed In a pool beneath the stream The waters ceased to boil Then dulled the roar and foaming froth Tuonela's river had calmed By the side of the waters black In the never-ending night Flickered a small lantern A fire danced on the shore (Shore) The kings of renown The mightiest of men Jumbled together with lowly slaves All smeared into pulp The flesh of the families The bones of the tribes Deprived of their trophies Dismembered and crushed Who was he who walked the night And stirred on the stony shore? And moved along those murky banks Roamed the riverside Who walked the night?
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Mar 26, 2026
I called my son to Manala To see the Land of the Dead At night I crossed the bridge of dreams To meet my flesh and blood once again I took him to the Lightless Lands To a vale in the Iron Mountain To the banks of the Silent Stream To the mouth of the Cave of the Dead An empty castle stood in the back A humble hut on its yard A gray door on the humble hut An iron lock fixed on its door Together we crossed over the bridge of dreams In the borderland All left undone, in dеath, we had made completе In the borderland Father came to me in the night Crossed over the bridge of dreams Took me with him to Manala To see the Land of the Dead Together we crossed over the bridge of dreams In the borderland All left undone, in death, we had made complete In the borderland Together we entered the keyhole And we straddled over the black latch Opened the door of the hut Woke up those who dwelled in the castle A gray door on the humble hut An iron lock fixed on its door Together we crossed over the bridge of dreams In the borderland All left undone, in death, we had made complete In the borderland An empty castle stood in the back A humble hut on its yard A gray door on the humble hut An iron lock fixed on its door Together we crossed over the bridge of dreams In the borderland All left undone, in death, we had made complete In the borderland
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Mar 26, 2026
I run through the night On this arduous journey A heavy burden in my heart A whole life on my shoulders Gone are all the familiar places I know my world no more Sapped away my strength Blocked each road and byway Starless is the sky tonight The world frozen in silence Broken only by the roar Starless is the sky tonight The world frozen in silence Broken only by the roar Of Tuonela's distant rapids I stumble on the rocks, drift down roads so grimy Been lost from those that I once knew Fleeing from shade to shadow Collapse on the sidе of a ditch I roll into black water Sucked in by the whirlpool I sink into oblivion (I sink into oblivion) (I sink into oblivion) Starlеss is the sky tonight The world frozen in silence Broken only by the roar Of Tuonela's distant rapids Starless is the sky tonight The world frozen in silence Broken only by the roar Starless is the sky tonight The world frozen in silence Broken only by the roar Of Tuonela's distant rapids
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Mar 26, 2026
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