Sun Blossoms

The Veil

CAST from your sight the veil
That comes between
Each time you turn its gaze
Towards the Unseen.

A transient film of light
Obscures your soul
And hides the ineffable view
Of the aureole

That gleams beyond our skies
Of thought and sleep,
Crowning eternitys
Invisible deep.

The moments are pale and bare
Of Time's barrenness,
Heart-throbs of joy and grief
Perturb the caress

Of heaven's ultimate dream
Around your earth
Waking its frozen life
Into new birth.

The flickering sun must set
With its shadow-tears,
And the cry of the centuries
Pass from your ears,

A song of love and beauty
Break the hushed breath
Of everlasting Mind
On the peak of Death.

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