Tag: thesaurus

Song of the Sea

Man is not only a physical form of life. From his beginnings his soul nature is rooted in a higher Self. This Villanelle questions our ability to understand and accept our true nature.

Beyond the Stone Man lives a psychic sea
wherein thespian arts are founded
on the whisperings of immortality.

Earth genius, maker of machinery
hear before claiming, my invocation
beyond the Stone Man lives a psychic sea,

thesaurus more precious than history,
an interlocking alien kingdom:
the whisperings of immortality.

Stone Man, creator of insanity
repeat after me this incantation,
beyond the Stone Man lives a psychic sea

where sceptres and crowns were facsimile
long before Archimedes heard in song
the whisperings of immortality.

Knights and Bishops, guardians of the Tree,
Knowledge, and Faith; have you now forgotten
beyond the Stone Man lives a psychic sea?

Of mistakes made in your liturgy
by making your God of wisdom, to wrong
the whisperings of immortality?

I wait the last act of this tragedy

powerless to prevent consummation.

Beyond the Stone Man lives a psychic sea

the whisperings of immortality.