Lullaby For The Dying
That's me
swung on the climbing bars like
a hero from tales of long ago
lost or won the battles
more forgotten than remembered
Unconscionably fortunate am I-
I have a new history, the one I love
steers close as on a river and all
the banks are green
Light mesmeric but reflects itself
dazzles and pleases where
illusion fails to cool the air
no attitude ungreens contours
lay down thoughts of disaster
Long hours again stretch further
reach for helpless mist and waterfall
return us then to enshadowed gorges
and peace there not found before