Eternity

Allow the tide to flow

Inwards once more

Let the waters slowly rise

Filling the channels

Covering the dry causeway

Finally to obscure the foot prints

Left by solitary souls.

Let the clouds roll across

The clear night sky

Hiding the brilliant stars

Bringing the shadows upon the land

Shuttering the moon's light

Leaving only darkness to

Draw the veil over creation.

And in the morning let

The first snow fall relentless,

Becoming a thickening blanket

Of pure whiteness bringing

A painful, grip of sudden silence

That steals the fire from every

Living thing, plant, beast and man.

Let the mind cease to struggle

Let barren thoughts expand

Let the vacant spaces be filled

With an urgent sense of nothing

And let the deep shadows of the soul

Have freedom to rise, to sweep

Across the intellect and face the eyes.

In the quiet morning of your

Dreams let your spirit ride the waters

As the tide returns to the deep

And like a sleek ship trusting the wind

Be carried away to a new universe

To a certain eternity where no fear is

And love grows like scented blossoms.