Sun Blossoms

Secret Kinship

I BEAR upon a mirror of tranquil space
The imperishable beauty of thy Face
And every little gesture and shining mood,
O mortal figure of Infinitude!

We meet here upon earth's dim flickering shore
Forgetful of our past that with barred door
Locks in its memories and are born anew
Like stranger stars in skies of an unknown blue.

But in a sudden moment is revealed
Our intimate kinship through dark slumber-stied
Centuries; we know ourselves a part of thee
Under the brief veil of humanity.

Now the long mists of time have ceased to brood
Upon the brink of my heart's visionhood;
My seeds of consciousness grow one by one
Into a fire-awakening of the Sun.

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