Ash coats the coiled sword hilt
Orange fur catches first light
Three colors map the cold floor
Purr rattles loose mortar seams
Flame leans toward her striped flank
Choir breath rises in ribs
No latin left to recite
Just warmth where the hollows slept
Calico lights the bonfire
Altar smoke curls through her fur
Hymn hums from a cracked throat
Stone remembers what we were
Paw pads press ancient flagstone
Embers climb her whisker tips
Black and white and burnt orange
Stitch the dark with living thread
Flame leans toward her striped flank
Choir breath rises in ribs
No latin left to recite
Just warmth where the hollows slept
Calico lights the bonfire
Altar smoke curls through her fur
Hymn hums from a cracked throat
Stone remembers what we were
Estus flask reflects her eyes
Green gold catching twin suns
Bonfire keeper never came
Cat claimed the duty first
Clean twinkle walks the arches
Bass walks low where choirs sat
Drum splash cracks like splitting flint
Voice finds the note we lost
Calico lights the bonfire
Altar smoke curls through her fur
Hymn hums from a cracked throat
Stone remembers what we were
Dawn cracks through kiln brick arches
Calico yawns flame goodbye
Ash clings to her triple coat
Shrine holds one warm memory
Calico lights the bonfire
Altar smoke curls through her fur
Hymn hums from a cracked throat
Stone remembers what we were
Three colors burn in the dark
Purr fades with the last coal glow
Breath holds the final chord
