BRIGHT EYES

In Memory of

Erin Lynne Vance

Jan. 23, 1983 - Sept. 16, 1992

Awaken Hope and gather force
On thundering hooves of steel
Come hard upon this black remorse
Which binds me where I kneel

Bright Eyes through darkness blaze the way
While laughter shatters fetters
And Pain's fierce hounds are held at bay
By Love's pure gift to Debtors

As ghostly silence swirls beyond
In mountain sanctuary
The snap of life blood's icy bond
Echos and seems to carry

The dragon breath of Spring does slip
Heavily upon the glen
Thawing a Winter's deathly grip
Resurrecting life again

A silver mist entwines about
Clumped needles of myrtle green
Each pierce a crystal beadlet stout
Shimmering an emerald sheen

Lamenting pipes drone on no more
But cleave the skies in victory
The Dancer springs as once before
A Fling for all Eternity

Written Jan. 23, 1992

Batten Disease Support and Research Assoc