A Name, A Robe And The Light

A Name, A Robe And The Light

If you happen to hear a note rise and fall
in the songs I dream and sing
Don't let the sadness fool you.
You will never know when I will come back again
and lash against your walls.
There is an unrest I cannot quiet,
for it does not belong to me.
It will disrupt all covers
and break out into the sea
like a wave held back  long
from its point of origin.
I will pull down masks, pull down the walls of memory.
I will not let you go to sleep before you hear and speak .
Somewhere lurks a spark
that does not die,
in spite of the best or the worst you do
and in spite of my silent will to oblige,
it will show and grow in the dark
and when it's sunlight it will come
in a different stream , a different flow.
I live in the light
and not in the name.
I will don a different name and don a different robe
and you will know me by my light and not by the name you know.