I am the breath of firmament
gazing up upon the heavens
I see three angels did descend
holier than thou presumption
gazing up upon the heavens
their wings resting in my presence
striving to steal my mortal soul
I will never lay beneath him
I see three angels did descend
I have my will so leave me be
I am the holy breath of wind
you lowly servants of the lord
holier than thou presumption
the children’s souls I’ll gladly take
to keep my will and keep my wind
the angel of light keeps me now
Author notes:
RETOURNE Like so many other French forms, the retourne is all about repetition. It contains four quatrains (four-line stanzas) , and each line has eight syllables. The trick is that the first stanza's second line must also be the second stanza's first line, the first stanza's third line is the third stanza's first, and the first stanza's fourth line is the fourth stanza's first. Retournes do not have to rhyme.
Wikipedia: Lilith is a female Mesopotamian night demon associated with wind and thought to harm children. She is a popular figure of Neo-Pagan worship. In the Book of Isaiah, Lilith (
