Call for Change
Edited by Renais Whiteheart
Preface
Respected reader, a thanks for gracing these humble pages with your attention. Enclosed within ye shall find a collection of compositions by mine self; the intention being to seed a piece that may grow in time, later editions integrating works by others expressing a unified goal: To articulate a desire for the world we wish to live in, that by reflection, we might continue to hold this ideal strong.
This being the first edition of the work, I include my own pieces, except where referenced. Pieces are being collected for the second edition.
The sections are prefaced with a few thoughts by the editor.
*Throughout the work sheet music is given where applicable*
FAITH
Is not always in a god. Faith is essential to life, for anyone, though we all place it in different places. One might have faith in their physical strength and their resolve to strike out their own way. This is still faith. One might have faith that they can attempt a venture, and will be sheltered by family or friends if they fail. This is still faith.
Wherever we place our faith, however, we come to depend on it for our confidence. Our strength always comes from our faith, and faith must always rest on a finite number of things. I will call these things “crutches” because as mortals the things our faith depends on are our crutches. It is our mortal state.
Pick an evil church at random. Baneism, Sharism, Cyricism, Velashrism, Malarism, llothism, Blackguard pacts. Examine each individually - note a common trait.
Each proposes breaking normal social bonds [nuclear family+friends] in favour of an artificial brother/sisterhood between worshippers. An artificial family based on strength of worship, which weak worshippers are cut off from.
Can one see from this how such churches convert – by finding people who’s crutches have been broken, or locating and breaking the crutches of previously healthy people.
And taking over the role of crutch. Repeatedly breaking people, until the victim has no alternative bar to use the fell philosophy or dark faith as the seat for their confidence.
How to oppose such wickedness?
Seek what nurtures you. Place your faith in the things – whatever they are – that deliver true happiness to you. Remember you are captain of your own ship, possessed of the power to make decisions for your satisfaction. Express your thoughts and feelings, stand up for your beliefs. Recognise the people around you are fallible too, and try to act with goodwill if they fail you.
Most of all hold in your mind the life you want to live, and act with everything in your power to make it a reality.
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“Rising Star”
Ye rising star
My direction
Guiding beacon, I follow, To where I belong
Following far
Thy inspiration
I cross uncharted waters, For you never lead me wrong
And If the path
Leads through isolation
If I fear to shed, Those weights by which I'm chained
I'll close my eyes
Recall thy benediction
Oh I will sacrifice To see paradise regained.
Ye rising star
My direction
Guiding to this feeling, Of the blessing and its healing
Following this trust
The space between is ending
Once there was a breaking, But the time has come for mending
The blessing of the joining, We will pass through this fire
Watch we walk with steps courageous, In our quest for our desire
When you stood in darker places, did your heart feel the pining?
Just remember where we’re going, Its the heart of all the shining
Rising star
My direction
Following far
Where'er thy beckon
Light never dies
Shall not be forsaken
There we will be one again, Our souls will reawaken
Rising star
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“Miles Distant” – R.W.
I know the troubles that this world will bring..
But when they come, my darling, don’t feel blue..
Come back to me and hide beneath my wing..
Beloved, I build a home for you
So go far..
and wander wide..
be a hero.. find your pride!
Love the world.. spread your cheer..
and when you're done, come home, I’ll be here
For its faith..
that sets us free..
and lets us love.. so happily!
And this is how, even when gone..
miles distant, we are still one
So go far..
and wander wide..
be a hero.. find your pride!
Love the world.. spread your cheer..
and when you're done, come home, I’ll be here
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“Awakening”
What miracle, to be borne aloft, by wings that are not mine?
What angel carries me beyond the mortal coil, frees my soul?
What is this feeling if not that pure flight, my contentment
That in the purest space I find a spark of my true form
Blaze and flower… How else describe the moment if not as bliss?
Would that I had an eternity of this…
Miracles are things few might see
Now I may content myself with whatever comes to be.
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The following piece I inherited from the peasants of Cormyr, though I heard it most often sung by my late mother, and it is intimately tied to my memory of her.
Ashes rend the air it seems, and all the world is lost
Dreams and homes and fields of gold, fallen into dust
Soldiers tread the land we flee, so desolate, unbles’t
And wearily our hearts do seek, to leave this world in rest
Yet somewhere there lies hope I see, seed buried ‘neath the ground
That war can never break nor touch, buried safe and sound
Flower yet my hope and bring beauty to my eye
Carry far this flame of life to all beneath the sky
Till all the world forgets its loss, consumed by what is seen
Golden fields aflower all in springtime golden green
So bring your fire and swords and lies, I stand ever strong
That seed will be here ere I die and live forever long
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"Candle song" - R.W.
Faintly burns the candle, that shines to light the way
It keeps away the darker things till the coming of the day
With all I have I shelter it - but inside, I doubt
Whatever shall become of me if this candle is snuffed out?
Before me rose a dawning, a warmth to fill my soul
Ever it was with me but the feeling made me whole
Even now a mystery, to know wherefrom it sprang
For all my heart was so entranced to hear it as it sang
And it said “Hey my friend, it will never be the end
Even if you fall it will be only to ascend
I will stand here by you, and the hope is never gone
I’ll always protect you and the light will carry on”
And so there I smiled, for it raised me higher
In sheltering this candle, I had found the fire
And in that light I looked around, and all my fears were gone
‘Cause all the love swept through me, and we all were one
And it said “Hey my friend, it will never be the end
Even if you fall it will be only to ascend
I will stand here by you, and the hope is never gone
I’ll always protect you and the light will carry on
I’ll always protect you…
And the light?...
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LOVE
Loving marriage is an ideal many aspire to, and I draw attention to the point that in reflection of loving-feeling one can be guided towards appropriate conduct in relationships. Therefore works which evoke such feeling are beneficial in visualising and achieving our desired outcomes.
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“What shines in my eyes” – R.W.
If I saw though your eyes
Stood by you, at your core
Would you follow me to where your heart flies
Can I show you a place that you longed for
Take you away where the angels play
And you'll keep me there with you
If we dont sway then there we'll stay
I want it too...
See through me what we can be
This rainbow bridges eternity
There we see past the white lies..
There I see through your eyes
Would you stand by me in my core
See in there what I see in you
You'll know what you didnt know before
This is whats its like when loves true...
Light shines from the inside
And virtue rings pure
My soul opened so wide
See, I am sure...
That you will see what shines through...
This my heart has virtue...
We'll be whats never been before
It all waits for you at my core
Share with me what never dies...
see what shines in my eyes...
That I live for you...
This is what its like when love's true...
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“This Love Divine” – R.W.
Was it really empty, when I was alone? Does it just seem that it was, now that we are one.
When I first felt your caresses,I from myself was torn... A me who was more beautiful, awoke and was reborn.
So my love, fly with me. Wander through eternity
nurtured by this love of ours, sheltered by our sacred vows
I will be your shield
I will be your grace
From this world, retreat to me, I am your sacred space
Where we are caught, in chains we wrought
Forged of tender loving thought
How strange to see, I feel so free
Bo-ound by ecstasy
High celeste gave my request
And oh I smile I am so blessed
That all that’s mine..
I can resign..
I lost it when I fell
To.. this.. love..
divine
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"Hand in hand" – R.W.
To be afraid..
To have no place...
To fear wandering, alone through starless space
To feel the distance, and then feel cheer
When in the heart a warmth flutters near.
No stranger...
Before the eyes...
Troubles fall away, this is the rise
What was two.. one..
Contentment.. union..
Flowering of hope
Every nerve on fire
Blaze of inner life
Touching something higher
Feeling someone giving
Who feel no need to take
Finally understanding
What it means to be awake
Lean together, resting
Need not hold to light
Soon it will rise back for us
This is our right
For warmth, shines, forever
When we understand
How close we are to ra... di... ance...
Holding hand in hand..
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“Little things we do” – R.W.
If all my deep affection
The touches of my hand
Are but one connection
A single blessed strand
Of greater ministrations
That weave together to affect
Wider communication
Of a feeling perfect
View them all together
Then there’s room to see
Extending through forever
A single tapestry
Of little tiny actions
[For that’s how things must be done]
Integrated interactions
But really only one
A feeling
A thought
Be loved.
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// Copies in Cordor, Monolith, Kohingen library, and the personal shelves of friends.
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