Beauty be a setting such <br />In this perfection hearts draw much <br />To places of depth where a soul longs to <br />Find itself not mere <br />In things which are seen right here <br /> <br />A lake that stretches <br />Life to flow <br />Waters living <br />A companion to our needs reaches <br />Searches the cavities of depths to all unknown <br />Bringing to places of peace <br />A fateful fulfillment of all beseeches <br /> <br />Those mountains of might proclaiming in spite <br />Of all assaults of vain dark workings <br />Glorious strength surrounded in height <br />On all sides kept, we are safely in beauty <br /> <br />Volcanic fortifications proudly stand thrice <br />Along the sides of the lake on the sights of the mount <br />By the current of heat fusion the feat <br />A liquid fire constantly pushing on higher <br />A desire for deep to meet with deep. <br />From heights of fire to depths of desire <br />Volcanic flow destroys the dice <br />Of a life lived to the apparent rolling <br />Of fate’s fatal heap <br /> <br />(2007-06-13)<br /><br />Francois Hoon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-lake-mountains-and-three-volcanoes/
