Where land and sea meet,
There’s energy.  Nature’s endless symphony.
Forever the tides rise and recede.
For these are the waters of eternity.
And all this time we’ve never stopped spinning.

Some nights, crows haunt my dreams.
Yet others, this addled heart is anointed
In all the moments I’ve heard your name
Whispered in the manes of horses
That run with the moon.  

Let’s not give way to dark imaginings.
Fears and phantoms; the murderous frenzy.
Forget the clattering plates,
The rattling bones,
The skeletons of long ago.
The smoke that billows from the factories;
The dead and naked trees.

Tonight a mother sings her baby to sleep,
Holding her close, feeling her breathe.
When her song ends, there’s still so much solace
As the rocking chair creeks.
Somewhere on this earth there’s a sky so wondrous
It’s like watching a thousand beautiful flowers bloom.

Set afire your Phoenix-heart
As the new sun rises in the east.
And set ablaze the skies
Of all your days and nights.
And rise.
Rise.
Rise above all the ashy aged suffering.  

These columns won’t collapse.  
These foundations were built
With the mortar and stone of souls and passions past.

Stand with me on the bow,
Under the midnight moon,
And ride these currents of discovery.
For these are the waters of eternity.