| October
Odyssey |
Beyond Nevada's purple ranges
layered with grey
We glide on a parallel ribbon toward infinity
To lie
down beside a Virgin in her bed
Of scalloped canyons colored red
Above the walls Orion stands unmoved since time began
Remindind us,
heroic youth, who dare
Trespas the Virgin with auburn hair
That jealous
gods protect this land
And keep it safe from mortal man
Orion fades
and morning sun dissolves the shade
Warming thus it so inspires a venture
ever higher
And so between us we conspire
To seek the source of flowing
life
And take the Virgin for a wife
But first we through must pass
narrow walls that hourglass
To canyon rims and mesas wide
And overcome
the fear inside
Of torrents that would wash away
All traces of our
escapade
On we climb to find at last
From angels that guard the
past: she's free
In Zion, heavenly place, We touch her face
And in her
eyes we see all of tomorrow's tomorrows
Only ours to borrow for a brief
October odyssey.
Julie and me. |
Dick
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