One Eye Flees Aquapolis

One Eye peers deeply without hesitation
Squinted as a knot in a tree his gaze
"Pardon me" he says to a quiet shadow
"I am only praying I'll be dying in my sleep"

"Can't you see?"
"Can't you see?"
He does not see

It's the trembling of the branch when a thrush takes flight
Don't you find the bird is chance and the tree is time?
Now Paraguana lies ahead, Aquapolis behind
Whatever law you knew before
Banish from your mind

Long did he slumber and long were the nights there
Twisted as a root at the bitter end
"Look at me," he says to a laughing lizard
"I am only leaving this place carrying that shield"

"Do you yield?"
"Do you yield?"
He will not yield

It's the corner of a sphere, in the depth of a line
It's a clock left in the sand, it's the width of time
Now Alientë on the cliff beckons me to climb
Whatever hope you held before
Banish from your mind