Poem 5.

mute song of beauty


mute song of beauty is heard

where moth and bird are prey to prowlers of the night

are you born of godly fire

were you spawned from matter dead

are starred angels robed in velvet

speak out pure silence

awake my deafened ear

is the sun your cauldron mother

were you memory in the dust of time

does your beauty last forever

answer my heart love poet

reveal your paean of secret joy

why do we in beauty's gaze know bigot thief and hate

why do we taste the lust for power and hear discordant lie

are there spectral wars eternal in the voids beyond the sun

brief shining burst of light divine

illumine vanity as root of all disease

give voice to hope

bring song to soul

and teach the peace and mystery of your radiant grace


By Don Ulrich
©2006 USA

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