Golden Ladders Rise
Rolling amidst the dark blue depths of each deep night
Have I become intimate with mystery in all of its layers
With lips to kiss the dust of thy threshold’s light
Woven into these heard and unheard prayers
Around your little foot steps golden ladders rise
rungs of compassion up and down the starlit skies
But ah - the blessing of your storm calming eyes
They bring the volcanoes to peace
Turn tornadoes to rest
Spring Love upon winter
How can I tell you of that which I feel?
I am not faithful in my love, for I do not die and stay dead each day separated from her. What heart of flint and stone is mine, that I dare to continue beholding a moment in this world without her…