The night creeps in on catspaw Bringing forth the time when enchantment rules the land Gathering my will and thoughts I begin the ritual of three Once I speak your names To activate the magic Twice I speak your names To bind the spell in place Thrice I speak your names So it is the last I hear ere I sleep You come to me in my dreams In the alchemy of the night Hands entwined we walk the paths of youth Our own magic skipping ahead His feet shod with the laughter of childhood Lifting him over any obstacle The rose begins to bloom on the horizon The kiss of the sun to sky warms our last embrace A mantle of love and blessing It spells an end to the ritual we share But the cloak of night will bring it forth again Til we walk together in our Father’s land