A pillar of light Is a wondrous sight With a sprawl vast beneath you Like bright stars at night But this tower of glass Will never surpass A flowering oak tree Or a green field of grass
Month: April 2014
Memories of Home
Sun flecked curves of water, meandering in gentle flow The noontime lance of brightness which wraps in warming glow Drifting forest whispers from the sound of wind on leaves These simple sprites of nature which run laden thoughts through sieves A wash of pattering raindrops on a roof of noisy tin And the thundering crash … Continue reading Memories of Home
On I-89
Moonlit crests of gentle mountains And soft porch lights in glens below A nestled warmth within me fountains As I greet this land, the home I know This is the joy, the quiet rapture Of drawing close, of being near A bone-deep love none else can capture Which keeps me ever turning here From snow … Continue reading On I-89
Taking Flight
Attend this vision I've beheld A gift, once fear has been expelled; Arise, fleet form of steel and chrome Away to your beatific home Above the drear terrestrial race Adrift in white empyrean lace Among the birds that draw so near Awash in sunlight, pure and clear Aloft, you gaze on those below Amazed by … Continue reading Taking Flight
Hermit Thrush 