Panacea, cure all that ails me and fill my veins with life Aqua vitae, draw clarity to my eyes And post colour through my mind The sheen of glass, glistening with the beads of sweat That flow like sand through the hourglass While burning coals from the fire unkempt dance A waltz in the throat, dry river flow All facets of life feel the glow Ten long years of folly, trials, and tears And now my opus has arrived One mere step into this orphaned land And you become its child When the shadows fold their hands And drag impurities away Then the unity of opposites reveals I am presented with the torch And lunar consciousness prevails Fusing spirit with the matter of the earth The desert moans and my legend’s writ in sand But every grain weaves tales and histories of man The earth speaks and its voice is of one tongue And the falcon’s marriage with wind is one of love Lure of gold, when the aether melts away Triumph of gold, as the sun hides in shame Lure of gold, when the aether melts away Triumph of gold, as the stars blush with pride