Bound to Terra

 

Ah beloved I lift my gaze to you
In that fair celestial realm,
Where Clouds now hue thine eyes,
And Stars adorn thy helm

What dream to appease my heart
As the arrow taunts the string,
Bound to Terra in these hours,
Born to long for eagles wings

Where have you walked?
Within the ray of a thousand suns?
Where time is naught, but scoffed,
Where darkness flees the holy ones

And surely, grace stands with you there,
Companion, mentor, guide;
For sorrow has despaired,
And joy stands at thy side

Ah beloved
I would not wish thee earthbound
For all is granted thine,
Treasure wrought in halls of fate,
Where dwells the Kingly line

Orion at thy feet;
The Pleiades for thy pleasure,
For it is fit, and just, and meet,
And surely thy due measure

Ah beloved, I lift my gaze to you
In that fair celestial realm,
Where Clouds now hue thine eyes,
And Stars adorn thy helm

For a moment cast thy glance
To Terra here below,
Toward she who scans the heavens,
For she still loves thee so

And should by chance ye reckon,
To sail the starry sky,
Here stand I and beckon,
With tears who ‘ner do dry

Remember me my love,
For I am with thee still:
I send thee there above,
The love death could not kill

©2005, Kathleen MacLintock

Art by ©Josephine Wall

 

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