Where is Fortune’s sweet surrender? Not in telling gaze afar
Working now for freedom’s mention, wrought in battles raging mar
Fighting for the right to live here, standing firm on hallowed ground
When all else falls into darkness, reach for loving light abound
Clasping tight to memories fondly, meeting grace within the stars
Fortune tells me in remembrance, there I find the truth unmarred
Throw the shackles from the compost, binding heat from shadow’s gloom
Rising from the ashes glowing, stands the Rose of Sharon’s bloom
See the reck’ning kingdom coming, Fortune knows not time nor place
Hasten now to touch the petals, find the golden truth effaced
Silent No More 
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