Occasionally adorned
with glasses of brandy
and appletart and cream;
while cigars are passed around
stimulating very good storytelling -

a highlight in the life of a coffee table.

Alleluia !
The visions and insights
increase with each passing minute -

whirlwinds of growing wisdom
together with the receiving
of perpetual graces
and eternal values.

All difficulties surrender
and disappear into oblivion
where the horrors
of non-being thrive.

Without You
I would have no anchor
and would be left drifting,
aimlessly, in the endlessness
of a sea without shores.

More than radiant
Your loving light
flooding from the infinite reservoirs
of a teeming heart
into the vast spaces
of an ever thirsting mind.

Triumph,
triumph,
triumph!

A fanfare of triump,
a fanfare of life
marching on -

anew,
anew,
anew!

Life anew,
life anew
bursting the seams
of it's winter clothes

into the dazzling dance
of a newly arrived spring!

Cellophane shining
and flapping
in a dusty wind;

overshadowed
by distant blue
hot heavens and mountains.

Forever,
you walk through dry pastures
admired by the ghosts of dead civilizations;
resting in a sand-dusted corner
you savour the wine
as it wets men's throats
without twitching a nerve.

You make a fool of the camel
who insists on appearing satirical;
being so strong as to let
pockets of stabbing light
pierce your pools of welcome shade.

Finally,
you are never totally surprised
and with a shrug of the shoulders
say: 'Let us get on with the job!'