Flower Of The Bent Back

Flower of the bent back Rise up, arch not your Back - it be the dawn! Look! On the hills light Abounds where before The edge of the hill Cut against the dark And formed silhouettes To the walker-by nocturnal And his sub-conscious dreams: Light comes and comes Though not all times all Places yet here on this Hill the Poet Seer should come And view And then Erect with the new day in him Sing verses of the light and Chants his way sacred On the hills where light Abounds. Flower of the bent back Like you a posse of flowers All bent stretch and move as drunk With the wholesome winds That the lights brought with them. The nocturnal traveler to His home and bed he went And now awakes alas! A little too late to enjoy the lights Opening his casements on the green In front. In vain! To-night, to-night, There will be the same walker by Nocturnal and the bending flowers Life's bending to earth at night Is strong and raw-ingrained. The Lizard Chants Raises Her Head And Beady Eyes And Rushes To the bushes Fades A chaffinch Flown Down From The Skies Plays Round A Late Hedgehog To His Burrow Hurries Flower of the bent back Rise up, arch not your Back - it be the dawn! Look! On the hills light Abounds where before The edge of the hill Cut against the dark And formed silhouettes To the walker-by nocturnal And his sub-conscious dreams: Light comes and comes Though not all times all Places yet here on this Hill the Poet Seer should come And view And then Erect with the new day in him Sing verses of the light and Chants his way sacred On the hills where light Abounds. Flower of the bent back Like you a posse of flowers All bent stretch and move as drunk With the wholesome winds That the lights brought with them. The nocturnal traveler to His home and bed he went And now awakes alas! A little too late to enjoy the lights Opening his casements on the green In front. In vain! To-night, to-night, There will be the same walker by Nocturnal and the bending flowers Life's bending to earth at night Is strong and raw-ingrained.