WOULD I…?

 

I would trade it for a world

where darkness shines upon the stars;

where storms repair the bluff of broken hearts,

and lightning strikes the dragon of unspoken fears.

 

I would trade it all for a space

where death becomes one with the tremor of each new birth;

where pain marries the laughter of fresh beginnings,

and tears abate the inner fires of hell.

 

I would trade it for a country

where the impassable peaks melt their fiercest glaciers;

where forgotten caves reveal the murals of yester night,

and the longest tunnels bridge the gap between despair and hope.

 

I would trade it all for a world

where love is the prequel to a Book for the Living,

and where gentleness is the crown to a majesty of soul beings.

 

I would.

Were it not my world.

Already.

 

 

Maryse G. Copans © 2010