Magnificat

Follow the bleeder, undamned you decry
 Consummate spirits ne'er follow the lie
 Open your heart towards that your mind feels
 Death is to conquer all that is surreal
 Fortune's enlightenment, hopeful rays of light
 Dramatic abundance, shattering the night
 Grow biting conflict, halted to an end
 The future is certain, the hope we defend
 MAGNIFICAT
 Up holding the righteous, onward march begun
 Deftly remoulding a darkened vision
 Strength within unity, mind linking mind
 Enveloping beauty, the next humankind
 The filth that we all have to climb through
 The filth we have to take
 Suffering it evermore
 Irenicon the wake

 "My soul doth magnify...
 ...my spirit has rejoiced
 ...remembrance of... mercy...
 To his seed forever..."
 Yet they lead us to the slaughter
 Like they lead a horse to water
 They can't force us to drink
 But we do
 MAGNIFICAT... Throned
 Persevere
 So teach us to number our days that we may
 Push hearts towards wisdom and fade out the grey
 Interventions looming on our dawning world
 Hope springs eternal, a hope now unfurled
 Persevere.

 For Julian.