A Haven

Vulnerable, sincere
No malign spirit can reach me here
Beyond death, beyond time
My journey shaped me

Emerged, victorious
Yet weltering in absolute silence

Of glorious loneliness
A forest of memories
You create eternal harmony
Within me

Never realizing
Never pondering enough
That the truth is like a May morning
I have never seen it unfold

I have wandered through
The dawn of the days
I have embraced the sunrise
When the world was young

Now I am entering
Into the twilight years
Everything I have ever seen
I carry within me

Buried inside of my soul
Are the bitter tears
Of love that has been lost
Of friends that have been gone

But still deeper hidden inside
Resounds the laughter of my
Comrades
When we hunted together
In the mists of the sacred trees

Come along my friend
Share this final journey with me
Let’s head towards the beginning
Of another life to be