The sea rose and fell

The waves were crashing

Thrashing a piece of wood

Against the rocks

The surf took it ashore

A strange stick I found

To pick up and ponder

And turn in my hands

A white raven's skull

Fashioned by time and tide

And its gnarly lines

Furrowed by stone

I put together a halo

Out of pieces of amber

Carved my own marks

With a knife of bone

In the middle of the halo

I placed the raven's skull

Drew wings with charcoal

Painted a bird in ash

The bird took wing and flew

A raven cried in the wind

The images washed away by the sea

Drawn by daylight's quill

Embraced by the woods

In the shadow of the twilight

A sign lingered in my mind

Halo behind my eyes

Picture of amber bright

Glowing with bronze

I put together a halo

Out of pieces of amber

Carved my own marks

With a knife of bone

In the middle of the halo

I placed the raven's skull

Drew wings with charcoal

Painted a bird in ash

I put together a halo

Out of pieces of amber

Carved my own marks

With a knife of bone

In the middle of the halo

I placed the raven's skull

Drew wings with charcoal

Painted a bird in ash