These are poems of innocence and repentance, of ecstasy and vocation. Against a rich natural and cultural backdrop, the poems explore the costs and rewards of transcendence. Drawing above all on the solace and inspiration of beauty, this collection issues a call to creative stewardship - of life, of land, and of language. That words may breathe now on the open page Though lips have closed… Daniel Gustafsson, born in Sweden in 1983, is a bi-lingual poet and philosopher with a PhD from the University of York. He works in secondary education and divides his time between Yorkshire and his native land.