THE YOUNG SONG

[Used in GM novel]

There is a melody

in the air once again.

Above the rustling

of the leaves in the wind,

Above the restless roar

of tides breaking on shore,

Through the thunder

and the rain,

Through the din

of humanity’s endless grind,

Hear the song?

The music is soft,

The Lyre is humming

of two souls

stepping in unision,

of limpid eyes

dark with emotion,

of lips on lips

in tender embrace,

of caress and merger,

and harmony and grace.

It is the song I carry within

as I walk this earth,

as I toil and sleep,

and wake up again.

I listen to it,

Transported.

Long years it is

since the day my soul fell silent.

My music was dead,

I thought.

But listen!

From behind the grey dust of time,

The wrinkled face of experience,

A young song has risen.

To lure,

to enchant,

to satiate.