[Dream Gate] [Poet Glas]

Climbing Love’s Face

I used to dream that I could fly the sky
Like swimming in a pond or quiet pool;
Stroking through the air, rising high
And swooping low through breezes brisk and cool.

In later life these dreams would comfort me
And teach me to reach ever higher yet;
To touch the sky, and weeping tears of glee
To conquer all the mountains that I met.

And so was love, once upon a time...
And so I scaled its face with hope and joy.
But then the ledge beneath my feet grew rime
And frost, and I fell like a broken toy.

Too soon the ground I’ll kiss, and mortal die -
I used to dream that I could fly the sky...

copyright E Glas Durboraw, March 25, 2004 - Birmingham

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