Away and On

* This is a sister poem to my previous free verse posting called “AETAS”, though this is in rhyme. * ~ please tell me May will come again around a life where lives have been as tender light from high, the moon deep in the gloaming, none too soon yes, tell me I’ve sprung wings to soar away and on - away and on … please tell me that I’ll bloom in spring and come to bear the grandest things life’s wheel a-turning round and round while casting mine, adventure-bound where passions are the press, on high away and on - away and on … please tell me worlds are twirling free where each dear soul can come to be the essence of their wildest schemes to find the truth beyond their dreams flights, second to no more than none away and on - away and on … please tell me I should grasp, in hand the warmest flesh of youth’s demand and shape it, gently, with sweet grace that wisdom’s guise must now replace and wend its precious brow, my kiss … away and on - away and on. Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden, February 14, 2023