Dark Muse
09-07-2012, 03:40 PM
Desert Ship
As if in a waking dream
amid the barren arid sea
I came upon it,
the splendid ship
rising majestically
from the golden hue of desert sands,
scarcely I knew
what I perceived
so I fell upon my knees,
I heard a tale of a blind sage
with craftsman's hands
now long buried in a grave of sand,
and the pilgrims come
from every crevice of the world
to gaze in wonder
at the magnificent desert ship
like the Delphic Oracle,
yet without Divine or
Earthly wisdom to impart,
it is but a mirage
that we can lie our hands upon,
it shimmers in waves of heat
shifting sands beneath its hull
while still timeless it remains,
a vision anchored within our minds.
As if in a waking dream
amid the barren arid sea
I came upon it,
the splendid ship
rising majestically
from the golden hue of desert sands,
scarcely I knew
what I perceived
so I fell upon my knees,
I heard a tale of a blind sage
with craftsman's hands
now long buried in a grave of sand,
and the pilgrims come
from every crevice of the world
to gaze in wonder
at the magnificent desert ship
like the Delphic Oracle,
yet without Divine or
Earthly wisdom to impart,
it is but a mirage
that we can lie our hands upon,
it shimmers in waves of heat
shifting sands beneath its hull
while still timeless it remains,
a vision anchored within our minds.