-1Note: Bells and names property of Garth Nix -- poem by ME. So don't steal. Grr. Enjoy, and review honestly.
Seven bells, one purpose;
To put the dead to sleep;
And the makers, long forgotten -
For their memory, we shall weep.
To Ranna, the sleep bringer -
Feel a lullaby's wrath;
Shrink from the sunlight,
Walk a dead man's path.
Mosrael - the Waker,
The Dead walk from their graves;
Heedless to the gate's waterfall,
The bitter river's waves.
Kibeth - the Walker,
Walk on feet long dead;
And for those who come with spitefulness,
Be careful where you tread.
Dyrim - the Musical,
For sound long left behind;
And those who may speak unruly,
Silence will always bind.
Belgaer - the Thinker,
For memories restored,
Independence, individuality,
Talk of your own accord.
Saraneth - the Binder;
Bind you to my will;
You are my puppet to do as I wish;
To serve, to be, to kill.
Astrael, the Sorrowful,
We are dead to your call.
Your song rings clearly through the eve,
As our bodies fall.
Glassy eyes to dawn's first light -
Does it all come down to this?
The battle of the living goes on,
Until death's final kiss.