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The Forest Sleeps/ The Forest Dreams

from From A Secret Place "Chapter One" and "Chapter Two" by From A Secret Place

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It was first in the upper bows of the tallest trees that the change occured- that distant azure like a great silent ocean overhead, slowly beset upon by ripples of fire as the sky blazed at its edges in the incinerating light of early dusk. The trees above, where only angels and brave birds dare, reflective of the crimson hour's regal warning of the darkness to come. And finally, below, where shadows began to strengthen in the weaker outposts of the day: the eternal changing of the gaurd, silencing the hosts of the evening, and peace, laid hold, the curtain descended for the final victory of the night. As the first of the stars blazed, unafraid of the receding sun's obliterating flames, the forest breathed deeply of the spirit of the twilight, and was overcome by sleep- and in sleep, by dreams.....

In the heart of this dream are the embers of eternity, without beginning, without end- the tide of the seasons of life and death; the cunning fox, the agile hare, the fleet-footed mouse, the glowing eyes, the songs of the calling of the wolves and night birds, alone amidst the ghosts of generations, legions of the spectral wild-born, entwined amidst the roots and limbs, the vines and the mushrooms.....

There is a vibration, an urgent music to the night. It is within the sounds of life, but life is not its instrument. It is the orchestration of the Divine, perfect in every way, the universal clock which keeps no time, for no time passes here. This is the Dream, unfettered by any mortal chain, which forsakes empty desire and slakes the thirst of the soul once and for all. This is the life that transcends all life, and this is where we are at rest; in peace, in love, forever one, and sleeping wild tonight....

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from From A Secret Place "Chapter One" and "Chapter Two", track released January 1, 1999
Music written, performed, and recorded by Isobelle Fox

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