Sun Blossoms

Sudden Memory

EXILED on earth I lived
In deep forgetfulness;
I could no more believe
That once my weary days

Had seen the timeless wings
Approach like a Visiting star
Or veiled awakenings
Where nights extremities are.

Then came to my memory
A sudden luminous streak,
As hovering over a tree
A golden poignant beak

That tasted every fruit;
And each that fell from the boughs
Awoke within the mute
Interminable drowse

Of earth, a growing fire
Invading her rocky sleep,
Ascending ever higher
To the viewless height of a steep.

There like a spray it broke
In scintillating rays
And from the abyss arose
With long forgotten days

Of lustrous thought and dream,
Circling around a sun
Lost veil of the Supreme
When shadows all are done.

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