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Listen to Ultima by Richard Charles Stevens (Evolution Rush Suite)

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She is glass
.
She is glass
She is glass
She is glass
To see right through
(Ultima. Arise!)
.
She is glass
To see right through
In all alluring forms I view
A flawless masterpiece
Esteemed the leading light of modest few
(She is glass)
(She is glass)
In crystalline
Her eyes bid deep delight
To days preceding night
To steep the rise of mist amidst the fall of morning dew
She is glass
To see right through
In all alluring forms I view
I see her true
.
Such lawless flight
Invites an audience to testify skyline anew
Such lawless flight
Invites an audience to testify skyline anew
.
Rhododendrons end their bitter feuds
With mead renewed
Bid seeds adieu
Extend their tips in thriving bloom
Climbing the horizon
Timing runs to guide the sun and prize the moon
The song of siren breaks the silence
In defiance of displacing gloom
Her crystal gaze permits embrace through distant haze of wistful faces mute
Resolute in making plain the diamonds in her eyes in vibrant bloom
Resolute in making plain the diamonds in her eyes in vibrant boom
She is glass
To see right through
In all the flawless forms I view
I see her true
(She is glass)
I see her true
.
A dream is not a dream
Less She be fevered in salute
Setting scene serenely
Keenly reasoning commute
A dream is not a dream
Less seen through eyes of blind faith runed
A dream is not a dream
Less dreamed for two
.
For She I fall asleep
At peace no mind supplied to ill at ease concede that I will bleed
Denied the guiding light She oversees
Inebriating sober seas
The moment She proceeds
With the diplomacy of waves in open sweep
.
My soul to keep
I give to solely She
Of glass
To see right through
Adored in all adoring forms I view
My soul to keep
I give to solely She
Of glass
To see right through
Adored in all adoring forms I view
.
Adorned with jewels
Her vesture strewn with every treasured gemstone and bijou
For She is glass
To see right through
In crystalline
And disinclined to mists that rise amidst the morning dew
.
Her dawning eyes comprise a rousing symphony
Arousing bloom
To bind the sun in twine with moon
Esteemed the honest flight of few
Both light and shade delight the view
The flawless form of Ultima
My final breath penultimate
For only She can kiss me back to life upon consulting her
Would gladly die exalting her to high of modest few
For She I shall be glass
To see right through
Through single brace of eyes
Embrace all flawless forms we view
.
(She is glass)
Ultima. Arise!
Ultima. Arise!
Ultima. Arise!
.
Ultima. Arise!
Beneath unchanging skies—make known
the fire that burns so brightly in thine eyes;
Ultima. Arise!
Take thy rightful place—enthroned
for every voice from out the future cries.
.
Forever never dies
Tomorrow never severs ties
Whence every tether hath no end
For each endeavour doth extend
A kindly glance to chance the arms
Ten thousand braves in gain’d advance
To call her name
Whence fate disarms
To break the chains
And wake from harm
No vacant psalm
Embalmed of truth
No blackened tooth
No claim uncouth
One vial of balm
Ten thousand proof
Such is the testament of youth
Forever never ever dies
In her reenergising eyes
The most preeminent of sight
Reflected everywhere
In kind
.
Ultima. Arise!
Beneath unchanging skies—reclaim
the kingdom famed in thine unending name;
Ultima. Arise!
Take thy rightful place—acclaimed
as She for whom the shining light remains.
.
For ever after—and a day
The weathered rafters of decay
Need never one time fall away
Beneath the weight of fallen braves
The sprawl of leaves at her bare feet
Dress no remorse
Bidst no retreat
Comprise an ever mighty fleet
Beneath reenergising tree
She bleeds the seed into each root
Such is her testament of truth
To feed an army red vermouth
A heady brew
Ten thousand proof
Her plumage speckled with the diamonds
Of the finest crystalline
The most preeminent of flight
Reflected everywhere
In kind
.
Ultima. Arise!
Beneath unchanging skies—make known
the fire that burns so brightly in thine eyes;
Ultima. Arise!
Take thy rightful place—enthroned
for every voice from out the future cries.
Ten thousand proof.
Ultima. Arise!
.
(She is glass)
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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