My reality secure
   from the attacking winds

Sheltered by experience,
a fortress hard won

      Neither fortune nor danger
can force their way in

All entrance is barred,
a mystery respun

An Eden contained,
in a legend foretold

Where peace and solitude
rekindle the light

Possessed of itself,
past-futures on hold

Its voice omnipresent
—to guide and delight

(Broomall Pennsylvania: August, 2019)