Taper

In the great unknown leave the light on
When you wake know you’re not alone
Taper to the golden threads of summer
Braided in the wake of what has flown

Beneath a hallowed sky hear the vines grow
In a laurel wreath our colours burn
In the cedar grove the sparrow’s eyes gold
See in flight its crown unfurl

Taper to another sense of dying
To a golden light that sheds
Give into the wings of summer’s longing
Taper to the dream unsaid

In the blue wide wide open
Summer moves the frozen air
I can see the paths unchosen
Moving through your golden hair