Evolving proposition of Four

_the taming power of the great_

Look at a person,what you should be seeing

is a thread of uncommon metal

being pulled from a forge

a spell is more easily broken than cast, a life

more easily shattered,

than being seen for what it is.

I do ask this of you,

Seek a pathway deep into the forest, given signs,

when a hallowed clearing is found and a tree

whose leaves carry a spectral light

where the whole air is given to music.

Take one breath, seal it in folds of your cloak.

Return with this one human detail

deciphered from an olden script

worthy of remembrance, brought by you to our feet

in the name of the most high.

We may not have words to explain the common knowing

that when your name was spoken

we could see the uncommon tone of color on her cheek.