Was standing thumb to mouth a horn blowing
But what I heard was not what I have blown
‘Twas the white stallions breeding colts ashore
Falling back mixed breeds whining in the roar.
Glorious the day, wonderful the view
Of the hoof heaping ledges racing foam
Ravaging wind, blowing dust, spreading fast
Driving herds, horses bridled at the strand.
With fingertips tapping knuckle horn
A signal hint, feeling call, dreaming touch
Nothing ciphered save the splash of water
A faint echo caressing felt before.
Remembered memories a bundle weaved
A soft pillow and a mattress to lean
When instantly vision image was seen
Sally was there being my only dream.
I lay down elbow staff in sand and head
Cushion raised up, supported by the arm
Sally beside me smiled, as if she said
Sweet the times you were the dream of your dream.
The Cedars of Lebanon
Take a look at these towering cedars of yesterday
Topping the heights of this beautiful oak and pine-land
Yester centuries are gone and they are still here
And when I look at them piling the years
I see the distant horizon of the past in their trunks of layers.
I see the Phoenicians and the oceans they have cleft
Ere Columbus leaving a flag wavering on every discovered land
I see the Roman Empire crumbling down into dust
I see Cleopatra hating emperor loving a snake
I see the cave where the Child was born
I see him crucified I see the nails
And the blood of sacrifice drowning the apprehension of faith
I see Jerusalem and the minarets of Islam
I see the faithful five times daily pray and I prayed.
Yet as I walk on the breast of time
Stepping over the ribs one by one
I wonder about the nature of man
How like a whirlwind dervishing in space
Falling dust uplifted remain.
0 God! what’s the biology of life? What’s the breathing cell?
What’s the link joining spirit and clay?
What’s the measure of trust within the frame of belief?
What’s destiny?
Would ever be a doubt of the goal
At the end of the indefinite count of years away
When these green aging cedars are gone
And I am of the past but a name?