Starlight, moonlight, candles burning bright <br />Oil lamps with flickering wicks <br />All this symbolises night <br /> <br />In the noblest sense; in the sense of darkness <br />But soft darkness, not a terrifying void <br /> <br />I can see in the distance <br />A path that runs between trees <br />A hill slumbers nearby and has done so <br />For ages; when the statues come to life <br />When the goddesses dances on leaves <br /> <br />When the earth breathes but doesn't sigh <br />The mundane world fades away <br /> <br />Was I dreaming when I heard the trees breathe <br />And saw the goddesses dancing on leaves? <br />When the river spoke to me <br />Softly, murmuring secrets only we knew <br /> <br />Was I dreaming or was I awake when the breeze softly <br />Silently carressed my face <br />And whispered sweet things to my waiting ears? <br /> <br />There is a lieu nearby here they say <br />Strange things can happen to people who go there <br />They can see things that do not exist <br />They can speak in several tongues <br />And understand every language in the world <br /> <br />This strangeness attracts strangeness; I touched stone <br />And they seemed to respond. <br />The woods were a comfort, the earth was alive <br />To my questing feet. My body was free of earthly pain <br />My heart, for once was light <br /> <br />And the mundane world faded away <br />For more than an instant, <br />I touched eternity and eternity for this time <br />Did not push me away. <br /> <br />Copyright 2008 Rani Turton<br /><br />Rani Turton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/and-eternity-did-not-push-me-away/
