Birthdays

Happy Birthday to iamkatia and ghostsandrobots

iamkatia said:

What I want for my 44th birthday:

....I want someone to send me a poem that means alot to them so I can feel more who they are.



This was written Nov. 11, 1996. Two years later I wrote a four-part musical setting and it was performed by my choir. This is one of my few rhyming poems.

Joining

For D.L.

Into the circle of my arms
out of the city's uncertain charms
will you draw near?
Away the drive and flash of night.
Within this circle, soft and bright,
lay down your fear.

Then while your straining mind relents
I'll sweeten your skin with frankincense
and sandalwood.
Come, set the candles all aflame
to shine away your cryptic shame,
expose the good.

At last your chest and shoulders freed
I'll touch the hidden, tender seed
inside your heart
of simple passions deeply hidden,
dreams forsaken, tears unbidden,
all set apart.

Let shadows rise and speak their names
among the quiet and gentle flames,
this lighted ring.
Within encircling arms we'll turn
our spirits to hope, our minds to learn,
our hearts to sing.