Wander Dark the Fallen Night

 

Wander Dark the Fallen Night /
Festooned in Firelight



ONCE, when the world was mean and small
And I wandered in wonder of it all,
And heard I a desperate cry come down
Thru the thickets near and far.

And heard Scavengers in the mist spinning round,
And felt all the stone weight of the true dead that they've known
Slit the sky and like arrows fell
Over the night and all it holds.

And drifted lone thru clouds black, white, blue, and more
And wondered as he wander'd places dark and cold
And on small feet chased the lightning down
Thru the forests, shores, and vales dark and far
And caught at last, fists of crystal fire
And taught each to each-other the word
And gleamed from that, O all that could be learned.

And it was there that I saw Him become the Sun,
Exploding turquoise and circular gold;
And felt Her then become the Moon
Shelled in white robes of auroral glow,
Together to ever-bloom amongst the scattered stars,  and to show
Bright and timeless splendors to the world.