where now we choose

    there is a reason to stand by your name
    out of dark battles come honest desires
    you hold your place and wait for the new flame

    your knowledge comes from places not so tame
    and from the one who of all things inquires
    there is a reason to stand by your name

    when all's been done nothing remains the same
    the ones who tell you so are all proved liars
    you hold your place and wait for the new flame

    others will seek to pass on all the blame
    not waiting till the last old coot expires
    there is a reason to stand by your name

    not one of them would dare to speak of shame
    as bit by bit the open day expires
    you hold your place and wait for the new flame

    it's not so much that you know it's a game
    as that the answer is within the fires
    there is a reason to stand by your name
    you hold your place and wait for the new flame

(C)2008, Fragano Ledgister