Ballads of a Wandering Konti

[Melenna]

The Lament

A paradise we once knew
Twas a flower on the sea
White as ivory, sweet with dew
It sang as a lark serenading sky

Then deceit visited, fair as youth
And it plucked us one by one
With cunning tongue and blades
We were stolen from home, why?

Upon us came a black sun
Day was ruined, smoking ash
And tongues once golden bled
Ravaged, helpless, we cried

Pure lilies burned upon the sea
The salt of waves are our tears
And yet no rescue was to come
A kinder fate would be to die

The sun brings no warmth, dead
Dead are Spring's blossoms
Trampled, wilting, they fade
Forever in night's winter to lie

We are forsaken, we are lost
Lost without wisdom of Avalis
Save us, grant us Thy light
Without Thee it is sweeter to die

[Melenna]

Hymn of Sight

Ye who love the darkened path
And seek the thorny way
Why choose thee folly's wrath
Instead of peace's bay?

Hold to what is present
It too freely passes by
Our future mayn't be pleasant
It is up to us to try

Past is the water of a vase
It fills us, grants us form
But it is not our only face
We chose what we transform

Avalis grants the light to see
All things past and gone
She also knows what we can be
Dark of night or light of dawn

[Melenna]

End of Doubt

I stood on the edge of a lake
There where the sun fades away
And as I looked to the sky I spied
A world half stars and half day

At that point where vision sinks
You cannot see beyond the brink
I did not know which way to go
To follow land or trust damp abyss

One path was a sea of sky
Bottomless, endlessly high
The other was so firm and sure
Leading back to field demure

I had one choice, it couldn't wait
This was destiny, this was fate
But long I stood and pondered on
On which path did I belong?

It came so slowly I did not see
Dust settling and creeping in
My feet faltered and stone became
But still horizon beckoned me

And still I stand here endlessly
Moving only in my mind
What lies beyond I'll never find
Through inaction I've found my place

[Melenna]

For the Bad Times

A leaf falls from barren tree
Winter comes for all to see
Cry not for the birds far gone
Winter's sweet sleep comes anon

Life is fair and life is brief
Too often wasted on sore grief
Follow me to dream's far shore
And sing as you once did before

The lad, he left you wet with tears
Confirmed all your dainty fears
Cry not too long and make eye sore
For there waits many a lad more

Life is fair and life is brief
Too often wasted on sore grief
Follow me to dream's far shore
And sing as you once did before

Misfortune came as a sly thief
Crumbled yield like a dead leaf
Dig in the plow and start anew
Sprouts will spring up from the dew

Life is fair and life is brief
Too often wasted on sore grief
Follow me to dream's far shore
And sing as you once did before

Troubles comes and always will
Of pain we'll always have our fill
But sing with me until it's past
Joy we'll make is what will last

Life is fair and life is brief
Too often wasted on sore grief
Follow me to dream's far shore
And sing as you once did before

[Melenna]

The White Isle

Well beyond the rocky eastern shores
Past broken waters and foggy moors
There lies a land greener than Spring
Where lilies grow and muses sing
That is my home of pearl and white
Where night is deep and day is bright
The waves would roll and gulls would fly
The wind would whisper sweetly cry
Never a sore cloud touched the sky
For rain is fair, springs fresh when high
Many songs echo well past the pines
Thrumming through the misty clines
There lies my song, which I still seek
Though my spirit is tired and weak
May recollection bear me on
Though the parting may be long
Suns will rise and moons will sleep
On this path I still shall keep

[Melenna]

Nature's Dance

Fly as the birds fly
Dancing on the sky
Gracing over ground
Smooth without a sound
Seasons come and seasons go
Always changing what we know
Colors dull and go to bright
Day transforming in the night

Swim as the fish swim
Swaying at sea's whim
Gliding slick as glass
Bolder than bright brass
Life is change as we all know
We travel with the natural flow
Don't linger long as it won't last
The present's already the past

Run as the deer do
Searching for Spring's hue
Resting on the dew
Leaping in the blue
Time grows old and passes by
Never time to say goodbye
Every moment still is new
If you live as we do

[Melenna]

Tivaku's Love

When the world was broken
When the word was new
There was a seed called Tivaku
She burst and she bloomed
A rainbow in the night
And everywhere she touched
Green grew upon all blight

The new and timid bud is Thine
Soft and precious as a kiss
Hearts and flesh come back to life
Trembling like butterfly wings
At Thy feet all good things stir
Weakening winter's bitter cur

Linger with us yet dear Tivaku
All our flowers sprout to greet Thee
Bright parades with every hue
Follow Thy sweet trail of dew
Come we too and offer thanks
For life that overflows our banks