I was wandering through the woods on a day
When the sun and the moon shared the sky
As the clouds and the shadows told the sun stay away
My head was stuck on the question of why
So I stopped by a clump of pine trees to think
And around me they came on the breeze in a blink
There were at least four or five so fair and so tall
That I thought I was somehow in a dream
They were both here and there held in both light and shade
And yet still somewhere quite in between
Then one took their hand and drew a long line of light
In the air what was day held a doorway made of night
I knew somehow that if I followed them through
I would breathe no more beneath this sun and moon
And I traced my life as it was from my birth
And I found I did not want to die this soon
Their laughter rang like music through the trees
And it was so sweet it was surely done to please
One stepped through the doorway from night into day
And their gaze stabbed me right behind my eyes
Their face shone in a way that held me in fear
Like they could see me through my everyday disguise
Then they reached through my chest and grabbed hold of my heart
And they read my true name the one I’ve held right from the start
So I found myself crying out deep in pain
As if they poked a wound that never really heals
And it seemed to me that they felt the same
Yet their eyes told me they would never yield
So I found myself turn and start to run
As I needed my skin to feel the warmth of the sun
From that moment on my life was contained
Like I was held within a magic crystal ball
And no matter where I ran or what delight I craved
It seemed that I was surrounded by a wall
Its shadow cast me deep into the dark
It bled me out like a blade right through my heart
While at night I was haunted by their shining face
Though distorted and twisted and unreal
Their slender fingers reach like daggers of bone
Through my flesh around my heart I could feel
Till I awoke one day and realized that no more
Could I turn my back I could never close that door
Once again I wandered deep into the woods
Waiting for the day the sky held sun and moon
And I began working at a hole in that wall
So that I could squeeze through it sometime soon
And then maybe I could travel deep into the night
Through a door in the air with its edges made of light
And deep into the river of life I would plunge
To be held by its ever-loving arms
Until it takes me away high into the hills
Where the rainbow of light and water charms
This time when they come I will be ready for the sight
Cause their call to my heart makes it shatter with delight
With their hand in mine I will at last find my rest
Cause their fate and mine are both entwined
And when I look with wonder once again into that face
I will notice that it is the same as mine
I’m not talking about the one that’s flesh and bone
But the silver song that we both will know as home
Cause our souls are cords of shining silver light
That weave around each other like two snakes
No matter how many lives we travel through
Our hearts will reach across to ease the ache
Though towards the rocks we are hurled every time
Like a waterfall we dance through the divine
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© AM (Xander) Hunter – October 2022
Green and Grey 