Free Fall

Track 12
Which way, O Helios?
To sink my fire-
Under the waves;
for coolness I desire.
Sure, at the core,
I thus renew my might-
To fuel earth again;
with warmth and light.
I never take,
my skill is but to give;
And yet though,
wholly spendthrift while I live.
I store up splendor,
to release when going.
Flaunt it just as night-
brings my undoing.
The stars unseen,
the moon a watery gray.
While on the track,
I make my violent way.
Not till on those hills,
Do I lay my crown.
Do they gain strength;
find fire, that is their own.
Where to, oh Helios?
Into the tide.
To plunge this body,
burning inside.
Inwardly certain,
that new flames can-
be supplied;
to meet earth's demand.
How pale the moon is,
how faint are the stars.
As long as I move, with force!
It is only when-
I lay down my crown,
That their courage;
glowing in the distance, is found!