Airs and Graces

 

LIVING WILL

 

The sun has left the zenith,

It’s fading from the sky;

The evening draws its twilight,

The bats begin to fly.

The warmth of sun is in the stones

That lie along the way,

The memories of summer held

More bright than I can say.

 

I know they say I’m dying

And passing from the light

But oh, I’ve had my merry days

I do not fear the night.

 

But – lay me not in darkness

With a candle at my feet

Set me in the meadow

Where the clover’s breathing sweet-

Weep no more my darling,

And redden not your eyes

But lay me in the grassy sward

Beneath the lambent skies.

 

The breath will leave my body,

The chill is coming soon;

The cloaking dusk of quiet

Gives way to Lady Moon.

The sun forgets the roses

The dew is falling fast

To wash their blossoms in the night

Reviving them at last.

 

I know they’ll say I’ve left you here

And gone beyond your sight,

But oh, I’ve had my merry days

I do not fear the night.

 

But – lay me not in darkness

With a candle at my feet;

Set me by the flowing stream

And kiss me there, my sweet.

Never wish I hadn’t gone

Nor hunger for my smile

But fold my hands upon my breast

And sit with me a while.

 

The sun will drown the starlight

In the morning of your days

Yet night is close behind you;

It’s only out of phase.

Remember I will love you

Until the end of time

I’ll walk beside you in our dreams

Forever on your mind.

 

I know I’ll be forgotten

As I step beyond the light;

But oh, I’ve had my merry days

I do not fear the night.

 

 But – lay me not in darkness

With a candle at my feet;

Give me one more noontide

Where grass and water meet.

And when my breath is fully gone

And when my spirit’s passed

Why then you’ll lay me in the earth

And I shall sleep at last.

 

Acrostic

All Saints

Baby Unknown

Blink of Beautiful

 Calling the Legends

Calypso. 

Classics

Coriander

Curtain Call 

Eternity

Lady of Dreams. 

Let Me Not be Kissing Clay

Living Will

Marina

The Merman's Courtship 

Mona Lisa Morning  

The Mothers

Ro's Song 

Silver Ribbon

Song of the Centuries

Wheel of the Day

Women in the Hearts of Men

 

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