Their souls rose up
In plumes of smoke
Curling around the
Flames on the pyre,
To plucked strings
And beating wings
The crackling briar.

Around the flames
They danced in joy
Wreathed in jasmine
As purple plumes
Of smoke slid
Across the sun;
Shades flapping,
Floating, gliding
Like billowing sails
Over the marbled earth.

Cleaving the
Celestial waves
Of space and time
Sailing the stars
Splashed in stardust;
The swirling constellations
Reflected in their eyes
Dancing in their souls.

The beating wings
And plucked strings
Around the pyre;
They danced with joy
These celestial children
Of the stars.

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With a digital drawing from Nikos Laios

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