We Are So Nearly There

We are so nearly there! For further fly all our Cherished aspirations Than we could ever imagine! Our bright hopes… Though they be only thought And so briefly seen… Have breath and life! What we once conceived Of virtue and true living Of beauty beyond All our fondest dreams That which came so close… and was so real awhile… Went softly streaming by Veiled in silken clouds and airy wine We were so nearly there! We felt the flicker of life’s wings Living things brushed past But reaching out to touch we lost! Oh, had we only known then How to enter in! But before we knew it The vision had slipped on by and fled us! What, seemed possible Was now only a dream And the emptier we felt for having seen! But no bright purpose is ever lost That once has been Truth’s star is still there! As deep inside as it is above Where night’s endless light is! Our mansion is kept! Our heart voice mapped Upon Love’s palm our place And the everlasting vision etched! Out held, kind, ever offering Love’s hand is always there! “We always may be what we might have been.”