A |
way beyond the starry dance Away beyond the sky There lies a land we've never seen But which in dreams is nigh. |
B |
efore blue Kree was set in space Before the sun was lit There was a golden unknown star With a blue world circling it. |
E |
re Kil the sparkling river ran Ere Miethara ruled The Avethellen starfolk fared From cities grandly jeweled. |
C |
anoes of theirs the starlanes crossed Brought life to all of Kree Bent worlds and stars unto their will Of such descent are we. |
W |
here glows the light of murdered suns? Where burns last winter's flame? Where vanished sacred Avethell? What of her folk became? |
A |
sk rather of this season's rose Where his lost parents passed; Ask rather of the buzzing fly Why goes her life so fast? |
I |
nto the wild and starlit deep Retreats this world so grand Away into forgotten past Defies our groping hand. |
A |
nd never has Kreen touched that world And never have we known Aught of her but mere shadowed hints In seeds that she had sown. |
W |
e love the world on which we grew We worship Kree and well Yet always will our spirits yearn For long-lost Avethell. |
| Of Arivaan and Kohlenebia |
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