I close my eyes to a world of light To enter a land that gives me sight Into the deep crevices of this old mount No obscure thing beyond true count Before every view that emerged in the mind I ached with all my strength to find That one object my heart doth seek As lost as I beyond this silent peak Into the distance your footprints spread "She wants to be found," the old man said Following each step ere I learned to walk Tripping down the sandy turf and rock There stood you beside the foamy reef Your eyes sank far into your grief Tears fell crashing with a reason Yet I felt the restraint of the season What was to be done as we stood still Between the sea and a wind blown chill? Did I know what would take hold When I at last dared to break the cold? Hesitating, reaching, my being drew yours near In that moment I knew no more fear The memory of long past was the truth of the now For I had not changed, I know not how Embracing your frame as though I had never And again my lips tasted the salt of that river So long since I had traversed these lands Yet not forgotten as I clasped your hands Bringing them to meet my feeling Momentously washing your fingers with healing I covered each one with a freeing balm Until the last exquisite one, then calm