alas
two loving souls by death cruelly parted
In madness and grief, a dark path started
calamity was drawn, rituals subverted
but by her cold steel was death averted
mortal ties broken, with the adepti she want
their abiding place filling paternal bonds rent
to her red strings of binding they sent
and they dwelt long together, content
the crane returned to a home without luster
the cobwebs overgrown, the grave-shrouds a-fluster
but one bond upon her
this world could not muster
whit crimson spear and flashing brand
to still the raging tides they stand
the crane once returned
and once, she was spurned
she turned, and left alone
now, she might be found
with friends all around
to whom she is bound - a home