Up All Night
Foot Forward Poetry
Come to me clean
And I shall receive thee
Come to me quick
And I shall embrace thee
Come to me bearing the gifts that I request
And I shall reward thee
Come to me not only in 5 but 3
Come
And all will be addressed
Sifted like the old days
Come as a new flame
Healed by the heat of the shifting
Of the jade blade and green flame
Blessing you with new skin
The jade eyes
Light the flame
Only purity can stand the transition
Of the Great Crossing
Only great strength
Can take what you have to deposit
Only the greatest integrity
Will withstand the burning
As the façade slips away
From the inside out
The new will be made
I see the end
I feel the burning
The resolution is complete
The revolution begins
So may it secretly end
As it secretly began
Now
No waiting in vain
