All things may may move joyfully, <br />Shimmering in the night we share - <br />All movemements of the wind or sea <br />May bring us there. <br /> <br />All things shining lead us on: <br />Some to doom, some to salvation <br />In night we cling to hints of dawn <br />In mortal desperation, <br /> <br />Or anticipate better times. Alas, <br />'Tis like a story told to us: <br />Alice through the looking-glass, <br />Her eyes averted, tremulous. <br /> <br />Little time remains to try <br />Formulae of brighter days: <br />Time obtrudes, and passes by <br />Mortals' weak attempts to praise <br /> <br />The fragile Earth we earthlings share, <br />As in a dream. Come ye thankful ones <br />To sing vain anthems if you dare: <br />Silence is the cold response. <br /> <br />The stars wheel round the pole, and we <br />March onward to a different goal <br />Somewhere in the universe, we pray <br />Mercy may subsume all souls. <br /> <br /> <br />2008<br /><br />Will Barber<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/all-things-may-move-joyfully/
