The Lucent Warrior

Let us hear
your inquest
of the psyche
naked on the black lake,
still waters
stirring below

You were
the lucent warrior,
illumining shadows
through firestorms

sublimation
anger into justice
sorrow into sound
reaching us as beauty

When you suffered,
you brought forth your weapon,
rising gold from agony,
your sentient sword

"Then in the circuit calm of one vast coil,
Its lashings charmed and malice reconciled,

Frosted eyes there were that lifted altars;
And silent answers crept across the stars."

our minds, our words, our hands
here exalt your birth
revel in your journey
recall your soul's inscription

you were the lucent warrior,
illumining life
unmasking shadows