WE ENTERED
THE GARDEN
(MY FRIEND
AND ME)
ANXIOUS TO
ADMIRE
AND EXPLORE
AND SEE
THE LUSH GREEN
MEADOWS
THE OLDEN
ROCK WALLS
THE SPROUTING
HYRANGEA
THE CROW’S
MATING CALLS,
DODGING SHARP
LEAVES
FROM THE TALL
HOLLY TREES
WE SOON FOUND
A SIGHT
AND WERE
BROUGHT
TO OUR KNEES,
NOT REALLY
OF COURSE,
BUT TRUE PURE
REMORSE
ACCOSTED THE
EYES
WHEN RIGHT
BY SURPRISE
WE CAME UPON
THE KINGDOM
OF MOUNDS
AND SCURRYING
CREATURES
MAKING SUCH
SOUNDS,
I JUMPED BACK
THINKING
THIS CAN’T BE
RIGHT (I WAS OUT
HERE SO RECENTLY
LATE LAST NIGHT)
BUT SURE ENOUGH
THE INVASION WAS
REAL, A MASSIVE
PERSUASION
OF PILES AND SOIL,
WITH HOLES AT THE TOP
NO WAY TO STOP
THE TREND
OR FIND ANY END,

THERE COMES A POINT
IN ELUSIVE GAMES
WHERE ONE MUST
GRAB THE RING:
DEDUCE THE
FEELINGS OF
EMPTINESS
FIND A GOOD
WAY TO SING,
THE YEN FOR
YOU CAME
RIGHT FROM
THE START
I WOULD NEVER
DENY THAT
AT ALL,
THE PIERCING
CRY OF ECSTACY
WAS ESCAPING
FROM MY HEART,
I WANTED SO
TO BE AWARE
TO KNOW AND
FIND
AND LAUGH
AND CARE,
SO WHEN YOU CAME
TO OPEN THE DOOR
SMILING
CHANTING
WANTING
MUCH MORE
IT WAS THE
FATEFUL TIME
FOR US TO BE,
TO SLASH THE RULES
AND FIND THE
TOOLS TO DANCE/
BY CHANCE
IT WAS NEVER
THE USUAL
VIBRANT CONNECTION
CEASING TO NOTICE
NO IMPERFECTIONS
BUT HAPPY INSTEAD
WERE WE
TO JOIN OUR FINE
BODIES IN MYSTERY,
WE MADE SECRET
BONDS
FROM THE REST
OF THE WORLD,
PAYING THE PRICE
NEVER
THOUGHT
TWICE TO WONDER
WHAT COMES DOWN
THE ROAD
MAYBE ONCE
BE ASUNDER
IF ONE PART DELAYS
THE OTHER ONE PAYS
REDUCING THE
DARKNESS TO LIGHT,