…of time
We linger long
on peaceful thoughts
in heaven’s shaded pools
fragrant petals
floating in memory
we hesitate
upon the threshold
of ecstasy
the path is threaded
with shining dew
while the moon circles
aged, rolling hills
there is magic
in the stars
and the willows
everything
is frozen for us
diamonds shower
the ocean of heaven
strewn a thousand
careless ways
always
without being heard
their gleaming pattern
the lost music
of the stars
they lie beautiful
beating beyond love
a humming celestial forest
shining like tears for us
heaven woven
in shades of blue
a shade
just less than love
yet more than oceans
a magnificence
rain ripened
echoes free
clouds roll in
believing
strangely motionless
such a passion
they blow
a temple filled
with blossoms and stars
light trickling
everything revealing
a slow
graceful
dream for us
one light above
is uncovering
the question
one dream is
and will be again
a far sweet place
hidden within stones
of unseen days
and undreamed nights
cold knowledge
enriching sure thought
a shroud of ages falling
un-leafing
the ancient tree
of knowledge
the answer
like frost
falls for us
like the unrolling
of time
© Ann Bagnall 2012
