
The First Bloom
[VERSE 1] I walked out of the MidNight blue With silver smoke and winter through A candle heart, a velvet seam A hush still clinging to the dream I wore the watch, I knew the cold I kept the dark like something gold I learned the shape of waiting still The holy ache, the patient will [PRE-CHORUS] Then rain laid soft against the glass And something in me came to pass No thunder called, no heavens tore The bloom was waiting at the door [CHORUS] It had taught me discernment It had taught me to see That not every shimmer is shelter Not every light is for me Some Baubles only glitter Then vanish with the storm While others become Spellbones And call me into form The First Bloom was not spectacle It was not trumpet-bright It was the tender loosening Of something held too tight [VERSE 2] The Mirror stirred, the Sphere grew clear The Veil grew thin, the path drew near I crossed with coffee, rain, and breath Out from the winter-watch of death No violent hand split frost apart No banner came to seize the heart Just softened green beneath the seam A ferry gliding through a dream [PRE-CHORUS] And all the quiet things I knew Began to speak as if made new The cloth, the steam, the silver spoon Were little altars dressed for bloom [CHORUS] It had taught me discernment It had taught me to see That not every shimmer is shelter Not every light is for me Some Baubles only glitter Then vanish with the storm While others become Spellbones And call me into form The First Bloom was not spectacle It was not trumpet-bright It was the tender loosening Of something held too tight [BRIDGE] I do not leave the vigil behind I carry its lantern into springtime I do not break what winter knew I bring its silver into dew And now I bless what stays and sings The rooted truth in growing things What glitters may not lead me home But what is living calls me on [FINAL CHORUS] It had taught me discernment It had taught me to see That not every shimmer is shelter Not every light is for me Some Baubles only glitter Like frost beneath the sun While others become Spellbones And name what I’ve become The First Bloom was not spectacle It was not a trumpet cry It was the earth remembering How to open from inside [OUTRO] So I stepped out of MidNight Vigil With rainlight on my skin And crossed the Velvet Threshold Where the blooming could begin

