BETWEEN A MEMORY 
AND A DREAM

 

In the space of a moment between

a memory and a dream,

opens a sky as ancient cameo glass.

Blissful, layered blues

throw softly swelling clouds

of opaline white into sharp relief,

this flowing tableau

shining into malachite depths 

of a leaf-glutted lake, an image of Life

burned into green fused

with azure, purest turquoise through

eyes that once believed, 

a shade unalloyed by shadows.

Once, my eyes followed

its pale primrose Sun, as early vernal

draughts cooled my lungs,

every cell sated with breath and fire,

as Spring declared Herself 

in feasts of colour, fragrance and song.

Blessed waters cradled

a soul asparkle as young shoots that

could scarce contain their joy

at the sight of an eternal union upon

emerald ripples.

Upon a swallowtail's wings my spirit

flew into that airy shrine, 

into the merging of falling and mirrored

Light, of Source and ephemeral vessel,

a sacred expression

of Time's design that ordains every

moment equal to the Flame

that sparked the Great Circle into being.

© 2016 Lily's Verse 

Lilium Candidum

Image: TIGER SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY ON WATERLILIES 

Source: www.marylouiseholt.com

Artist: Mary Louise Holt