'Quest' by David Hart <br /> <br />Empyrean, <br />That touch of kismet <br />Floating in abeyance <br />Elusively hovering <br />Forever on high <br />Reservedly touching down upon <br />We poor earthly dwellers, like a <br />Fickle butterfly. <br /> <br />Endlessly, with eyes glistening <br />Dawn beholds the melismatic beauty <br />Of the day. <br />Forever upon forevers <br />A lubricious sun birls in dalliance <br />Dancing <br />Effortlessly within a <br />Coy protean sky <br /> <br />Patiently we bide <br />Biding dearly in providence, <br />Enduring an endearing patience <br />Like a one-eyed man <br />In the kingdom of the blind. <br /> <br />For the evers and the nevers <br />Dawn winks slyly and embraces <br />Serenely <br />Another princely day. <br />E're molten, the searing sun <br />Doth condone the fain <br />Slaked day. <br /> <br />Ever to the fore <br />One awaits requital <br />That touch of the butterfly <br />One patiently waits <br />For the delitescent demarche of the <br />Aleatoric butterfly. <br /> <br />USADHART2002 <br />Vocabulary: empyrean-the highest heaven; protean-ever changing; providence-a looking into the future/prudence/guidance of god or nature; lubricious-lusty/slippery; abeyance-temporary suspension; dalliance-amourous play; birl-to rotate/to whirl-to carouse; demarche-course of action/maneuver; requital-reward; aleatoric-char'd by random elements or chance; slake-to quench; fain-glad/rejoiced; sear-to dry up/scorch; melismatic-rel. to or having melodic embellishment or ornamentation<br /><br />David Hart<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/quest-by-david-hart/
