Through Dust, Through Rain

SOPHIA: Dear child of mine, pain turns to destiny Down from the mountains, in the form of a rose The thunder of oceans shall bring forth the ghost Of an infinite star that will rest in my tree Like the full moon of night Descending like me Such is my journey No matter where my spirit shall travel You will be there HELENA: Winter sheds its grief in snow Summer weeps It must be so Thus let thee live Unseen, unknown Light is the body and no more than a shell Releasing our spirits to heaven or hell While embracing my love to let go of your hand And to reach for a kingdom forgotten by man Forgive my sister, she would not come This travel, she said, you must do alone SOPHIA: Bring to heart Johanna's name Through my blood you share the same To hold, to keep through dust, through rain HELENA: Say you knew Yes only you could grow the seeds of time Run and flow through silver snow Of mountains spring must climb From this hill, to waters still My heart will guide your way Love and wrath, my epitaph before your name I lay