Dream Fishing

Love, oh love on high
You always were and ever are
I spin my dreams and
Cast my line out far

Emerald waters deep
You at the bottom wait
My hook shall penetrate
The mouth that takes my bait

Love, oh love divine
Whose time has finally come
My line is but an earthly means
To call my lover home

forever ago

when first i came all was clear
the strength to help was enough
all love shone forth as light
i was illuminated as myself

spirit of love i was and true
whole and pure and good
translated into physical woman
clothed with human skin

see the gossamer skirt
dancing whenever i move
oblivious to future loss
breeze swirls fabric around legs

ah humanity with its longing
what pain comes when first we forget
you were a gladness i wanted
eternal spark subdued upon earth

ecstasy in your arms
oh ecstasy of bliss
falling into your arms
oh ecstasy of bliss
held fast within your arms
oh ecstasy of bliss
waking in your arms
oh ecstasy of bliss

drawing you elsewhere 
fate seducing you away
moving over waters and islands
the explorer travels from love

(lifetimes later
ulysses come home
penelope rises to beckon
watches at seaside
mourning her man
the memory repeats)

my fingers clutched you with madness
your hands untangled my grasp
my eyes looked into your going
misread your gratitude as blame

somewhere a spark had been shattered
the atoms were broken apart
asunder with all of my purpose
no remedy found only grief

weak light of love ever faltered
reason for coming always unknown
unwilling wearer of fortune
push the crown down make it fit

prince of unwanted kingdom
no glory in reigning with me
push off from love everlasting
let it go, let him go, not the one

and finally i give up to wisdom
heart breaking enough to be whole
safe haven enabled his leaving
my bosom a lighthouse to go 

shine forth beacon of my becoming
let me return to when i was first
before longing interrupted my purpose
now i go, let me go, i am one


howl me back to the waking
lullaby me home to myself
my song shall recapture its story
gypsy fire and i dance until dawn