Crystal Blue Regard (Another Message in a Bottle)
Crystal Blue RegardMy heart
had so long been
but a silken
thread of shadow,
stretched taut
by time’s turning:
poised,
impassive~
a silenced note,
this strop
without accord.
In slumber
whispered
your heart to mine,
songs of silence,
serene belonging;
of union lost
and hearts unbound;
shadows dancing,
souls entwining.
Now sings
this chord
so tuned by times.
Resonating,
thrums the calling,
and Passion's wings
lash the air
to stay aloft
unquenched
and yearning.
Yet in the dark
no beacons burn.
So drowns the spirit
in fluid churning.
Aloft,
the wings
that buoy my heart:
marooned between
shadowed dreams
and silent pools
of crystal blue regard.
An Faolchu Gaelach
The Irish Wolf
1995