There in the Grass She Gently Lay

There in the grass she gently layGrazing her fingers through.Alone the maid each passing day;Her island no one knew. Therein beside the Springs of Brin,The quiet waters soothe,And wind moves to caress her skin,tender, pale, and smooth. Above and around, surrounding herWatchful giants’ arms;Seemingly safe, seemingly secureThey never cause her harm. Sprawled there on unfounded …

The Song of Yesterday

The pains of yesterday,The toilous parting from joy,Were only a day long spent,And yet, despite time’s fickleTruth,Yesterday was a year to me,And the year was an age.This wrinkle of age formedAt one cycle of the hand,But speaks of a weak heart,Impatient and poor.Yet yesterday is just that,A memory and a jest;For it has passedInto the …