the turning circle (for chalissa)
Nov. 15th, 2009 02:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
this piece has been frustrating me for aeons as a bit of 'arrows and stars' that fell off and just... lay there.
the last four lines are a quote from an old hymn.
thanks chalissa la muse amuse l'amore :))
The Turning Circle:
dance for me love
he says
in a turning circle
and i'll dance for none but myself
says she
and stepping out
through the wild flowers
the tiny petals, the new green shoots
all the wild flowers
grown around
the turning circle
and it's a white rose
for my honey
and a red rose for my love
and this black rose has turned to gold
shining like the stars above
and it's breathless
and it's magic
all these crazy statues come to life
oh listen to them animals roar
twisting through the turning circle
of your bedroom floor
and she says;
this coat becomes a lion
and this hat a cockatoo
these jeans are like the heron
and this jumper roams like the buffalo
two by two and there ye go
two by two and there ye go
half way round and back again
in the turning circle
she skips away
and into the night
and she's singing;
for its a gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
and when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'twill be in the valley of love and delight.
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