I was a god once, and full of
love
I ranged high and wide amongst
the stars above
I sang of light, of bright and
beauteous things
And soared o’er golden
clouds on great and glorious wings
There was a time I could
remember ages past
But like ancient dawns, times and ages rarely last
Yet in the vision of those
distant silver glories
I may still recall a thousand
untold stories
Earth’s children did not know
me then
They only knew I wasn’t one
of them
Perhaps in my dark eyes they
saw the flame
That burned my strange and
secret name
And now I often feel alone
upon the earth
My steps untraced, untracked
since birth
Yet I, like Jove’s lightning
hurled
Shall sing and ring, echoing
across the world
And silently streak down the dark and empty sky
To reflect heaven’s spark in
a small child’s eye
And at last strike the earth
with vast and dying thunder
And it shall sound a song of
enduring wonder
And it shall sound a song of enduring wonder
They tried to capture me, to
chain me to the world
But I took flight, my
brilliant wings unfurled
I know no bitterness, only the joy of the stars above
Because I was once a god, and
full of love
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Steven Holland
October 6-7, 2014
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