Cup of Trembling

Written April 24, 2013 Beside me, the weeds are overgrown Against my house, my home Those streets I used to roam As a child young and free Oh how the time has flown From here and there in history There lies a time that comforts me Words and letters overused All the paths I have perused On the journey for the key Of happiness towards which this leads Or so I used to think Before the system found What it aimed to find Beneath the shutters and blinds, of my mind Do you know the way That man will follow knelt to pray Of the lamb and jars of clay The man who makes us wait and stay For what feels eternity The ocean sprays its misty breeze On everyone who stops to see The light and dark caressing me O'er purple mountain majesty Come and rest your head with me Come tell us of your tragedy And when you'll send my way a sign And how you'll get the blind to see Oh cup of trembling will you be The judging wave come over me Or will you wait and part the sea When I'm prepared to see Tell me all that you may know From the melting of the snow Bares nature's bosom in the glow Of the moon, and the sun Does it matter who has won No matter where the river runs The dark of night will always come