At the end came the beginning
And I was left to stare
To realize that worldliness was apparent and success unreal
And all that remained to contend with
Was the end
And that was the beginning…
When it came I found myself restful
Longing for the peace it brought
When it came closer
I reclined to welcome it
But as I lay
I couldn’t shut my eyes
For there was no bed
No music, no peace
Instead there was that unfulfilled moment
So long ago
And I ran to fill it as I had dreamed
So long ago…
That was the beginning
And it came at the end
Everything’s gone
But still they wait
Not knowing nor wanting
Yet they wait
And that they wait
It comes
Unseemingly vague
Trotting unhurriedly
It brings no joy
But a thought lights up
It’s come
When we don’t look
It builds a home around us
And brings the rest with it.
Gradually we move towards it
To welcome a stranger
And find ourselves there
Today
Turns yesterday
Never tomorrow
Think not of long gone kindness
Nor future’s sorrow
Praise not youth
Nor condemn age
Nor let the winds of false concern
Arise for life your rage
Praise today
Fill it with joy
Think less of tomorrow
It always turns today
But today
Turns yesterday
Never tomorrow
The pen in my hand
Your sweet thoughts in my head
Whatever lies in between
Is mortal
——
Some sweet thoughts
Reverberate in the abyss of memory
And when I force myself to forget
I hear the echo once again
——
Strange is the joy
When I call your name
And great the comfort
When you call mine
Up on the hills I see myself
A better man than here
So very few to love
But none at all to hate
Where laughter doesn’t disturb
And joys overflow into pleasure
And merely not thinking of anyone
Makes everyone a friend
Where thoughts can speak
And eyes can hear
And flowers beg to be kissed
And nature lays upon your soul
And gives the heart a rest
Where solitude in friendliness
Will never let you down
And what came to pass before I climbed
Seems unfound, unsound
I asked an eagle in the sky
As I flew and sat beside it
How it could sight a rat from so high
While we couldn’t even know of it
“It’s so easy, it’s down below
A clear view wherever I sit
Still it’s strange and surprises me so
That you who live next door, cannot see it”
How had it learnt so much to know?
What principles helped it to decide
How to trap it successfully although
One lived on earth the other sky?
“Words recently born couldn’t explain
What was before time came to be
I could choose and phrase only in vain
A gift some kind mother gave me.
Having explained all below they came
To conquer the secret of the sky
With ready page they asked to name
The things I sought to see and why
They mixed up this and added to that
Finally boasted they had conquered the air
And every time they saw a mouse
It was a bear down there.”
