I AM, I HAVE BEEN, I KNOW, I SING OF

We were asked on the recent https://www.dadeni.org/ exploration, at Cae Mabon in North Wales, to write some lines using the phrases of the title, in the style of Taliesin, or Merlin. Here's what I wrote:

I am the witness to the dark soul-journey
I am the dead leaves you have painfully shed
And the still-green leaves, reminder of spring.

I have been the soul in search of its power
The bearer of darkness not understood
Yet with openings enough to let in the light.

I know that this dream is vital and tangible
Yet deeper than I will ever fathom
I know that I must answer its call.

I sing of initiation, of setting sail on the night journey,
To die and so to grow.