Through the Fire: A Song for One Passed

Sleep, My Love. Rest, My Dearest Friend.
Close your eyes now, and let the Kindreds take your hand.
The time has come to leave this world and go,
To stand up, to step out, to wander about, so let your spirit roam

And find your way to the Fire in the Otherworld.
Take your place among the Ancient Wise.
Through the Fire in the Otherworld
Hear me calling you, look into my eyes through the Fire.

When we are born, our breath comes from the Earth,
When our days are through, to her we all return.
She fashions us to shape this world anew,
And it’s more beautiful because it was touched by you.

And we pray through the Fire in the Otherworld
That you take your place among the Ancient Wise.
Through the Fire in the Otherworld
Hear me calling you, look into my eyes

The world is darker now that you’ve moved to a higher place.
Overflowing love for you in streams running down my face.
Though I know we’ll be together in the end,
Doesn’t make it easier to accept your loss, my friend.

So I pray through the Fire in the Otherworld
That you take your place among the Ancient Wise
Through the Fire in the Otherworld
Hear me calling you, look into my eyes (2X)
Through the Fire.

YouTube Video in honor of Rev. Raven Mann