I ride the night-yard's rose bush like a saddle, Burning to be nearer what shines afar, And visit all the dreaming stars for marvel, My rose and I still waking where we are. 5 All below is lost, I believe in what's above. Unburied from sleep, I and my heart arose- As full of feeling as empty of self, they say. But knowing myself as I know my yard and rose, I say, "Losing finds all again; there is a way." 10 Twenty years about both house and bush I've spent; Twenty years dreaming to the rose-soft summit Where the sun arises a rose and sets a rose. Having gone round in love, I return to love; I wake to see where my rose-dreaming goes. 15 My compass rose is cunning, her roots are deep. I dream the dream I need when I dream of sleep. The self is buried, and its roots are mossed. Roots are what come of being lost.
From the collection "Assembling the Earth"
Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]
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