Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Reflections from Land's End

I looked into the water
Saw myself a younger man
Holding clouds and rain and thunder
In the hollows of his hands

And off on the horizon
As the sky began to dim
Was a shadow slowly growing
Until it came to live within

The power that I shouldered
Thinking I could ride the sky
Was a falling star at daybreak
Was a comet bound to die

And now the water rises
And it rises to my head
But I understand the darkness
And the sacrifice instead

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