Lantern Procession

歌詞

I lit a lantern with the last match in December. The flame was small but it remembered how to stand. I carried mine through hallways no one else could see. The shadows parted — not from courage, just from light. One flame is fragile. Two flames are a conversation. Three flames are a promise. Four flames are a road. We are the Lantern Procession walking through the longest night! Every flame we carry is a word we refused to leave unspoken! Alone we flicker — together we are a cathedral on fire! The dark was never the enemy — It was the canvas we were given to glow! My lantern cracked but the flame crawled to the next one. That's how light works — it doesn't wait for permission. I found a lantern someone left beside the road. Still warm. Still willing. I picked it up and kept on walking. We are the Lantern Procession and the road is getting brighter! Every step we take together adds a century of warmth! Alone we tremble — together we are the sunrise before morning! The night was never the ending — It was the invitation to become the light! She lit mine. I lit yours. You lit hers. She lit theirs. And no one remembers who started — Because that was never the point. The point is: we're all still walking. And we're all still burning. We are the Lantern Procession — we are the fire that chose to walk! Every woman in this line is a century of refusal to go dark! We will walk until the lanterns outnumber the stars! We will walk until the night itself learns how to sing! And the night will sing — Because we taught it! Because we taught it! One match. One flame. One step.