The evening sun still streamed golden across the valley,
Casting lingering light over dusky fields.
Hamlets gathered their huts together.
The bustle of village life came to a standstill as dinner fires and evening lamps began to blaze their warmth.
The moon grew in power,
Silvery, ascending, blushing with heavy lashes.
Sweat cooled my brow.
I was breathing hard.
Far I had climbed,
Winding my way,
Clambering upon cliffs,
Focusing my swift steps to ascend, to take hold,
To grasp unseen heights and drink cold, refreshing winds all alone.
But I wasn’t alone.
There wasn’t even the mysterious presence of spiritual forces.

I want to adore You,
Feel You,
Flow Your love to everyone,
Help me to forget my self.
I want to adore You,
Feel You,
Flow Your love…

It wasn’t a summit I’d conquered.
I’d only climbed out of a hole.
And all the time I thought I’d been working for beauty,
Striving for worthwhile things,
Hoping to bring new eyes back to see,
I’d only been doing it for me.

The billy goats kept butting heads and munching grass.
They’d stop every once in a while and look my direction,
And then resume their head knocking and teeth grinding.
It wasn’t special at all.

But pictures have a power that overwhelms aching muscles.
Fading light is stronger than the exertion of force from fisted hands.

I want to adore You,
Feel You,
Flow Your love to everyone,
Help me to forget my self.
I want to adore You,
Feel You,
Flow Your love…

The sun sighed,
Moon cooed,
Romance filled my heart,
Not like the explosion of atomic, boyhood bombs.
Billy goats have never been a symbol of love.
This wasn’t about my feelings, my worth, my dreams.
Romance was pulling me back to the depths,
Back where toil and labor with friends doesn’t end with the cessation of work.
It begins with late night stories, shared trials, fled dangers and entertaining strangers unexpected with the best we have to give.
The marriage of sun and moon can’t be seen from where I am.
I never was going to rise above it all with the effort of human hands.
Here I stand,
Wherever I am becoming a new color, brighter fire,
Awakening sleepers from the blackness of a soon ending night.

I want to adore You,
Feel You,
Flow Your love to everyone,
Help me to forget my self.
I want to adore You,
Feel You,
Flow Your love,
Delve into Your unrelenting depths,
Forget myself.
Help me to forget myself.
Help me to remember Your love.