The Riddle of Roshwyn (Alvertaen Suite)

The original version of The Riddle of Roshwyn has previously been published in All of Me Vol. I, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing. Featured art is by Darla Teagarden.

Listen to The Riddle of Roshwyn by Richard Charles Stevens (Alvertaen Suite)

Listen to The Riddle by Nik Kershaw

Never felt a feeling so revealing of my soul
Seldom ever mastered it or granted it parole
Now it plays at host and toasts the greatest show on earth
One which knows both how to love and be loved in return
Be loved in return
.
To She I am bonded
If only I knew who She were
If only my vision weren’t blurred
If only tired eyes would concur
Then I would thrust my sword into the earth beneath my feet
Partake in leap of faith so great
Die blind to watch her grace my wake
Would climb the steepest cliff face
Just to reach the precipice of sweet embrace
If only I discerned her piquant face
.
From She I seek the seamless dreams we interlace
For telltale signs of grape vine bled
Contest the waters altered course
And lend support to rest my weary head
.
Remorseful thoughts long dearly kept
In throng sincerely wept
To cleanse the lens of eyes bedecked in jewels repented thence misspent
Within these vaults
She repossesses
Every blessing cursed to never vent
Tethered to the essence which undresses every sense
Tethered to the essence which undresses every sense
.
If only I discerned her piquant face
Then I would reach the precipice
Be destined for the sweetest of embraces
Partake in leap of faith so great
Die blind in time to wake again
For ever after
Far, far longer
First named guard and Cosantóirí pride themselves upon defence of honour
If only I discerned her piquant face
Then I would reach the precipice
Be destined for the sweetest of embraces
Destined for the sweetest of embraces
.
We danced together in another life
We danced together in another life
We danced together in another life
.
Never felt a feeling so revealing of my soul
Seldom ever mastered it or granted it parole
Now it plays at host and toasts the greatest show on earth
One which knows both how to love and be loved in return
.
Never felt a feeling so revealing of my soul
Seldom ever mastered it or granted it parole
Now it plays at host and toasts the greatest show on earth
One which knows both how to love and be loved in return
.
Dignified response through bond unbreakable in twine
If only I discerned inferno blazing in her eyes
Then ours would be the fire to braid the shadow into light
The kind of love that breaks nature’s disguise
The kind of love that transcends space and time
Roshwyn is the name that they confide
.