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The Holy Name of Fire

from Black Water by Ian Humberstone

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A king is in the mountain
Asleep within his tomb
Where he awaits the traveller
To tread upon his gloom

In shadow on the island
Where I walked out alone
I listen for the rhythm of
My footfall on the stone

The way before me withers as
The storm is coming on
A cowl of wind around me
And the beating of a drum
Where no name, will sound
Or shelter me

The life within the fire
Is longing for a name
That I can scarcely summon from
My fingers in the rain

I will her from the darkness
Until she stirs again, and
The holy name of fire
Is singing in the flame

A wave of glowing embers where
Her body comes away
Into some higher quarter
Where the air and spirit play
And her name, will sound
And sing to me

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from Black Water, released October 18, 2022

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Ian Humberstone Edinburgh, UK

Musician and writer based in Edinburgh. Recording sound to magnetic tape since 2005.

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