I am the breath of firmament <br />gazing up upon the heavens <br />I see three angels did descend <br />holier than thou presumption <br /> <br />gazing up upon the heavens <br />their wings resting in my presence <br />striving to steal my mortal soul <br />I will never lay beneath him <br /> <br />I see three angels did descend <br />I have my will so leave me be <br />I am the holy breath of wind <br />you lowly servants of the lord <br /> <br />holier than thou presumption <br />the children’s souls I’ll gladly take <br />to keep my will and keep my wind <br />the angel of light keeps me now <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Author notes: <br /> <br />RETOURNE Like so many other French forms, the retourne is all about repetition. It contains four quatrains (four-line stanzas) , and each line has eight syllables. The trick is that the first stanza's second line must also be the second stanza's first line, the first stanza's third line is the third stanza's first, and the first stanza's fourth line is the fourth stanza's first. Retournes do not have to rhyme. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Wikipedia: Lilith is a female Mesopotamian night demon associated with wind and thought to harm children. She is a popular figure of Neo-Pagan worship. In the Book of Isaiah, Lilith (
