Pillar of Hope

Rise, my children, now
 A new day of light is here
 Beyond the curtain of night, and I see
 The flowing of time, morn and eventide
 The hawk on the green woods, the mountains high
 Now the circle of change and life
 Can dance again under starlit skies
 A new horizon seems to wait
 And from the embers leaps one flame
 Now, through silence, hear my cry
 I am a muse of life
 I am here
 Making the world breathe since ancient times
 Letting life rise from the ashes
 And nothing really dies
 I am the keeper of the flame
 Singing on
 Aware to be just one tune in the song
 Remember the grim past and let it go
 Now you can see that fall and rise
 Are all the same, and your pain will die
 So, now, take in the beauty of sun and rain
 Be part of the one, perfect game
 Dance to the pace set by time
 Led by the reins of life
 Hear me, perfect symphony of endless strife
 Beyond the limit of the single form
 I live in a never-ending gyre
 I am the pillar standing tall since ancient times
 Letting life rise from the ashes
 And nothing really die
 I am the phoenix from the flames, soaring on
 Born from stardust
 Energy from the void
 Atoms of the universe
 Thin equilibrium
 Beauty between the beings
 Survivor of a million species
 Chosen one in countless decades
 Man
 By Nature, wanderer
 By instinct, hunter
 By reason, conqueror
 Life
 Creator of new
 And great, impressive monuments
 Things Earth could have never seen before
 There to stay and remind
 Art
 Hands, able to forge the unseen
 Intelligence to overcome any challenge
 How could all this awesomeness be dispersed in such a wasteful way
 Pride
 Forgot our roots
 Unlearned the good old past
 Slanted to the future
 With no regret, no pity, no mercy
 We tried to superimpose ourselves
 On our bountiful home land
 And we got back nothing but ash and unforgiveness
 That's not what mankind deserved
 Sure, we were warned
 We could have been able to recover
 Completely from our stall
 Set our wings back into the air
 And soar again