Mantle

Earthly pathways
binding roots of ever green

these earthly charms
bear arms
 of golden nectar
sweet

lungs
breathe the fallow field
the untempered caress of dew

fruitful harvests conceal
bitter frosts
that came before we rose
from the bed of dreaming

walking upon the hearts mantle
upon its fiery pit
we burn
the decay of yesterdays dreams

as they burn into the night
with courageous blood we falter
stumble down the narrow winding pathways
to be re-born
anew
into the soft
day lit world of kinship

walking now in meadows sweet
each succulent creative force
in the eye of the dreamer

walking softly upon the yielding crust
of our forgiving mother
as she weeps in remembrance
of her own beauty