Stone Soup

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Free Waters

I wish the world could see me now
The waves are light
The winds are soft
I left my army up on land
Defenseless, I stand

Whispers inside my head
What I never thought would ever end
I close my eyes, I listen

My costume gone, I leave the earth
I set my coat on a hook
The whispers never hold me now
A clear voice has found me somehow
I listen, I follow

I never want to see tomorrow
When whispers will come back again
And my feet will rest upon the land
They say that it is safer there
But I am not scared of the waters

True
Defenseless
Silent
Waters
Free Waters