Thursday, 15 December 2011

Beyond the Ebony Cliffs


The ebony cliffs fall to the seas of parched green.
Dust, like spindrift, shadows the sun
As it casts a crimson skyline reflected on the bloodied earth.
Morning comes, gently from the night
Stealing the shadows and
Warming the heart with a warm light,
       A calm light
       And by midday, finelight.
The reawakening sees hopes enticed,
       Fears dispersed
       And joy reborn
With the smile of the eternal.
The breeze stirs the willow’s whispers
       The hazel’s mysteries
       And evokes the rowan's charms:
The world is breathing deep.
New life, bending as the
Reeds in the blustery spread,
Eager in an expectation which rises as the sap
Of the sacred holly,
Burns hopeful until the growing dusk.
And time rides the horizon once again
The breath of existence keeping pace.

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