Rhyme For Some Reason

Beyond

I long for distant days of old

Where sunlight flowed like molten gold

O'er grassy glades and treetops bold

     And heights on the horizon

Where stars burned bright and paths wound long

Away from hearths ringing with song

Through forests deep and rivers strong

     To jagged mountains rising

Where great bells pealed the passing hours

Spent musing in secluded bowers

On parchment scrolls from ivory towers

     In citadels of splendour

Where broadswords blazed with righteous ire

The baleful glow of dragonfire

And streaming pennants would inspire

     The valiant defender.

For nights are close and days are plain

And each hour hums a dull refrain

Of minds bemused by tasks mundane

     And restless wishes roaming

And when the rose-gold twilight falls

E'er westward under inky palls

Forgotten quests sound plangent calls

     From far beyond the gloaming...

04/20