A Distant Silence

Music & lyrics, 1975

Toward the cloudless morning
Distance disappears
Call to the rising movement
Lost promised words
Cold saffron light revealing
Paths unfold
Crossing the turbid silence
Laughter destroyed

Stand silent
Eagles' talons
Strength surges
Across the source
Leaving lines
Moving forward
Onwards
To the river’s course

Winds carry voices singing
Ocean display
Colors colliding, fading
Like obeys move to absorb the moment
Seasons to end
Cliffs reaching to the sun leave
Bridges of lies

Gliding
Soaring
Meet again
Tomorrow
Eyes to see
One vanish
Time
Will take it’s leave

Stand silent
Eagles' talons
Strength surges
Across the source
Leaving lines
Moving forward
Onwards
To the river’s course

Change over
Distant silence
Move outward
Bespoils presence
For timeless
For mornings
Replaces
The scenes
To the river's course

 © Kirtland C. Peterson, 1975