Sages whisper truth of a path that's narrow
And most difficult to ascend for humankind.
T'is true, I know, for one did sing his mind
Thru the evening song of a vesper sparrow
-And I hear Him beside my thoughts aloud.
To overcome the passions of this still inertia
Mixed with my own mind's keen reservation,
Is a hard battle between grief and brief elation
In the cold night or dreary day, and vice versa.
When I am in my solitude, I choose to drift by
With the dread riptide of the moment, while
Striving for the peace of the ebb tide, a smile
Upon my face to let me know it will be alright
-And I hear Him beside my thoughts aloud.
When I am between the shore and the pleroma
Violet horizon, I revel in a continuum of space,
With the music of the spheres whirling apace
To a forbidden rhyme as I perfect my persona.
I lose all of my attachments until I am free to be
Married to my destiny, which haunts each dream
And drinks up my soul like a weeping willow tree. I have surrendered, nearer to our God, to Thee
*-And I hear Him beside my thoughts aloud!
Another take on the collaboration that I did with my father
years ago.