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Harbor Me

For Thelonious Monk

 

Fear begot the dark

lust begot the cage

lies the rage

and fury that devour

 

Frozen on a stark

specter of a stage

one last page

silent

in a violent murmur

 

Flickering and gasping

colors of the flame

breathe the name

of faith that he might save us

 

Tremulous and grasping

remnants of the game

cold and lame

tossed and torn

and lost forever

 

Oh, dream to put my soul at ease

Oh, hope to quell my thirst

 

Harbor me

Harbor me

 

Language of the chosen

to shine, to set us free

 

Harbor me

Harbor me

 

Though partly mad

the ravages of pain

once again

puts his pen to paper

 

Rendering this sadly

curious disdain

that would fain

take its leave

to grieve in silence

 

Still, in his heart

madness apart

shines the lighted

beacon of his art

 

Breathing and true

ever anew

as a shelter and sanctity

to point of view

 

Harbor me

Harbor me

 

Sentinel of reason

who nothing will immure

you will endure

every storm and sorrow

 

Weaver of the season

dreamer of the pure

you will enure

to every scorn

and thorn and arrow

 

Oh, dream to put my soul at ease

Oh, hope to quell my thirst

 

Harbor me

Harbor me

 

Language of the chosen

to shine, to set us free

 

Harbor me

Harbor me

 

 

June 1992

 

Copyright © 2003 by Wolfstuff

 

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