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My desert home deserted me
Replaced with trees so green
Until the sun grew cold
Stark amid the great white winds
They cracked beneath the snow

I needed something stronger,
And so I sought the waters of
The North
Just in time to have my world
Volleyed back and forth

I’d sought the hearts of others
But their eyes were far too cold
And on their wind lay madness songs
That I could find alone

The horizon is a kindness only travelers can know
And I would be the one to call it home

The revels brought you to me
Colors, sweet cacophony
Of laughter in those eyes
I thought I dreamed of long ago

You sat amid the silence
As my battlements wound down
And you caught all the pieces
before they hit the ground

I’d sought the hearts of others
But their eyes were far too cold
And on their wind lay madness songs
That I could find alone

The horizon is a kindness only travelers can know
And I would be the one to call it home

Mountain trains and fire blaze
Beloved faces, laughter, pain
Storms unchained
The years roll on like starlight
That the sun cannot assuage

Looking back at footsteps
Paired with mine but not my own
I understand the lesson
I had missed for far too long

I’d sought the hearts of others
But their eyes were far too cold
Only in yours did I see songs
That I could not find alone

The horizon is a kindness only travelers can know
Will you ever be the one to call it home?
Will you ever be the one to call me home?
For I know you are the one that I call home
My home….

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from The Midnight Contingent, released April 22, 2017

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Cheshire Moon Ames, Iowa

Cheshire Moon is a fanciful melding of trickster bird Lizzie Crowe and mad hatter Eric Coleman.

These two-time Pegasus Award recipients are part of the growing music genre known as MythPunk, bringing old gods and folk tales into modern day, and bringing faerie tale princesses into the light of dark magic.

They weave journeys of song and story, bringing their listeners along for the ride. ... more

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