Children and Heroes

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Traces in the snow

faint yet fading still

what trace they will

and where they go

is all I need to know

 

Traces in the dark

strangely through the chill

their path instills

a final spark

and I, at last, embark

 

And as traces flee

for harbor in the night

in their flight

I set my jailor free

 

and with my heart I see

my eyes bereft of sight

ah, that I might

concede and heed

those who harbor me

 

Stillness bent by snow

tenderly she weaves

her icy leaves

and branches low

to silent shelter

 

Where troll and gnome

will find and share

their hearts with wolf

and owl and bear

 

and elven fair

will share alike

their starry islands

 

Where spectral faces

know the trace

and know it leads

beyond the chase

 

and creatures all

will heed the call

and cast their eyes

beyond the silence

 

Sleepers

waken

hear those voices of night

whisper that her

child is born

 

Muses

gather

greeting into their light

my heart

rising

upcast

and finding at last

what children

and heroes believe

December 1992

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