Ember It was a moment in time But it was not like any other It burns in my imagination An ember in my mind Just like any other man You took your place among the golden clan Stood your ground among the savage crowd With clever grace and fearless plan To be the force against the chain To be the reason that shores up the heart Against the unforgiving part Of rough humanity To rise up from the earth And cast a light on the dark design In the day of the tyrant's threat In the season of calamity With the dawning of an age Is there a resurrection? To risk it all and then do it again As if this were the fate of men In the reach of personalities In the theater where power lies A gesture to spur belief When Gaius climbed the steps on his knees Once more into the fight It's sweet to look upon the light The wager rises as the light grows thin The fading glow belies the warmth within How can you prepare for this? To find your name on the mortal list To enter shadow of the sun's eclipse When what's improper is done properly A wisp of hair falls to her shoulder And she strides across the floor She stands tall, her chin is high, she looks upon his eyes He doesn't know the score Her mind holds cruel revenge On her lip a twisted phrase In her memory a rage, in her gaze a sad memento In her hand the pin that pierced the tongue of Cicero Gone the friends that wept for him Gone the memory of a daughter's kiss All that's left are your words alone Beyond the bridge of time they find a home It was a moment in time But it was not like any other It burns in my imagination An ember in my mind
