For our minds are like a raging river

Swirling in a flooded chaos

That seems to go on forever

An endless struggle of gain and loss

Filled by random stream

And Tributary

Some polluted and some clean

In the swirling madness, we carry

All that has been

And we continue to fight

Over what’s been heard or seen

Trying to find the light.

Rains shall fall

And storms shall rage

Our rivers consume us all

Until the end of our age

Yet still within we make war

Instead of letting go

Seeking less and instead wanting more

We must let the river flow

The vile streams shall go dry

If we allow them not to grow

All we need is to try

To understand, not just to know

Form your own Rivers

Within your minds

For well-channeled water delivers,

While chaotic water blinds.

- Hypheròs

For I am Hypheros.

First of the Scribes of Thoth.

In the course of my duties
I sat daily at his feet, and wrote all of his words.
I listened as magic flowed from his mind and became words.
As he spoke I wrote.
I wrote about many things, and in many ways.
For Thoth was great in his knowledge and experience.
Thoth was the master of The Balance and knew that the legacy of words would be a gift mankind would cherish for all time.
For so he told me,
"in life there must always be The Balance. Life and Death.
Dark and Light.
Right and Wrong.
How will many know of such things unless they are written down?"
Heed my words Hypheros the Writer.
Write them all down and make them last far beyond this age.
For it is now that all speak one voice and write one language.
Many will read your words and understand.
I foresee that one day this oneness of Man will be lost,
Only to be found again many lifetimes from now.
Always you will write.
Always you will tell the story of your life and the stories of the gods themselves.
For this is your purpose Writer.
You will write the stories of those who have no voice.
You will write the histories of the Kingdoms Behind the Air.
Your words will be a beacon.
They will send a message again to the many.
Do not squander the gifts you have been given.
For I am Thoth and I have Spoken."

- Hypheros

Take care to those who invoke the many names of God while at the same time cutting the strings of your purse.

Be mindful of the ones who speak in the name of this holy one or that deified being, and in the back of their minds they speak only for themselves.

Be aware of false prophets, and those who bear false witness in the name of the Creator.

You will know them by this:

If their words speak love, but deliver hatred they are false.

If they demand coin in return for the words they speak in the name of their god. They are false.

If they speak with selfish agenda’s and in self righteous tones. They are false.

If war is their way of spreading the words of their god. They are false.

If they seek to decieve one in order to turn him against another. They are false.

If they desire power over men. They are false.

If their behavior and actions behind closed doors do not reflect what they show all men. They are false.

Heed all words that are written or spoken.

Learn to discern the right from the wrong.

Not all words are written by the righteous, and not all speech is favorable.

- Hypheròs

With Stardust Blade
And the Compass of Truth.
I embarked as I was bade
To slay the Promise of Eternal Youth.
You asked for time
And begged for immortality
You commited a crime
And lost your soul for eternity.
Yes you lost pain
And no longer feel sorrow
But what did you gain
Only Eternal Tommorrow?
And I asked for guidance
And truly I prayed
For I could no longer have silence
In the world I had made
I could have remained blind
And simply walked away
But then how would you find
The Truth and the Way?
And so in a snap
I took up my sword
And brought forth the map
To the Dark World
For I quested forth
To see you unraveled
So you could see the worth
Of the road less traveled.
For yes you lost sorrow
And yes you feel no pain
And yes you gained Eternal Tomorrow
But you can never love again.
For the Truth lies not
In living again and again
The Truth is in both living and dying
Such is Man’s Plan
And I will find you
I will set you free
From the Darkness that enslaves you
But I do it not for me.
I quest to save You, the Real
Long ago lost
Because I am human and feel
This I must do at all cost.

- Hypheròs

Child of darkness
Am I what you need?
That with razor sharpness
You take and you feed.
Does it give you power
To watch me bleed
Hour after hour?
Oh you without fuel
Are my words
Now your renewal?
Through soulless mirrors
You gazed at me
I wanted your tears
You wanted to be free
All of the wounding
And all of that pain
I cried for you sending
Me away once again
So I weep for me and for you
I love for us both
For you cannot its true
For you lost your way
And now can only feed
The only emotion you portray
Is a hungering need
You laugh and it kills
With words left unsaid
And the silence fills
With agony and dread
Take all of my power,
Take all of me.
Now is the hour
For you to be free.
For slice my heart open,
And bleed it dry.
At least words will be spoken,
And at last you will cry
For death has no sting,
And fear has no power
Over a life freely given
To save you this hour.

- Hypheròs