A Lyric

A lyric lilts amidst
The sounds of man
But none pays it head
Even those who can
On and on it drifts along
Playing through the ages
Describing the lock
To free us from our cages

But on the eve
Of our greatest falling
On man alone
Can hear it calling
And as the fires
Of perdition burn near
A great knowing
Passes, ear to ear

All can now see
The reasons we fall
And all have been
Enlightened by the call
With a mind realized
And a soul at ease
We face the end
No longer on our knees