The Lantern Prayer


From the mouth of ruin
Spare my voice

From the edge of rage 
Anchor my will

Though they strap 
The innocent 
To their own flesh

Let me not kill the child
Within myself

Grant me Precision
Not vengeance

Restraint
Not cowardice

Witness
Not blindness

If I must fall
 Let me fall 
Without becoming the fire 
That consumes 

If I must fight
 Let it be 
With the armor of my soul
Still intact

May I return from the furnace 
Not as ash
But as living proof that 
Light endured

-Winquind-

For JK and so many.

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