Wednesday, April 1, 2009

"Beloved"

Quicksilver one,

Tell us your secrets.

How do you tame dragons to a purr?

How do you shed light with rays of laughter?

How do you dance pirouettes of mind?

How do you walk the dark wood without fear?

How do you hold lightning in your pale hand?

How does your garden grow green

In the cold winters of sorrow?

How does your well of love stay full

When you give us all to drink?

 

-- Original from Luisa Cahill