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from Perpetual Felicity by Heliocentric

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Swallow peace and refuge
Estranged and debased
Engulf the bed underneath me [1]
I accept the omen
The odious
A flicker away from eternity [2]

The hand of God
Bestowed
86 years [3]
Unscathed and never harmed

I
Acquiesce

I may
Not sleep
Tonight
Through my
Burning
But through
The pyre
I will
Find my
Halcyon

Covered in ash
Yet bathed in glory [4]

Flames will be felt either way
Whether flames of purging
or flames of agony [5]

Now the cup comes to my lips
First comes the trial then the bliss [6]

These embers feel like rain to me
Falling on my skin [7]
These cinders don’t burn to me
This flesh of mine won't singe

When the coals begins to smolder
My soul will simmer over with joy
Angels will rise beside ash
Carrying the remains of the crucible [8]

The hand of God
Bestowed
86 years
And gave me the hope that I will rise again

Every living breath sings
In anticipation [9]
And I’ll join in harmonizing, though asphyxiated

I watch the Phoenix fly in tandem [10]
With the spotless dove, fluttering in my ribcage [11]
Though we flicker for a single moment
The light of God is our perpetual felicity [12]

[1] The Encyclical Letter of the Church at Smyrna or The Martyrdom of Polycarp, ch. 5
[2] 1 Corinthians 15:52
[3] The Encyclical Letter of the Church at Smyrna or The Martyrdom of Polycarp, ch. 9
[4] My Epic, Yet, “Lower Still”
[5] The Encyclical Letter of the Church at Smyrna or The Martyrdom of Polycarp, ch. 11
[6] Ibid., ch. 14
[7] Ibid., ch. 2
[8] Luke 16:22
[9] Romans 8:19
[10] Clement of Rome, The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, ch. 25
[11] The Encyclical Letter of the Church at Smyrna or The Martyrdom of Polycarp, ch. 16
[12] Revelation 22:5

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from Perpetual Felicity, released November 15, 2019

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