TRIP TO ELTHAM PALACE POEM 33

Walking by the stream in the Palace, it was silent but for the birds. There is a beauty in everything they say and when you see that you are Enlightened. This may not happen for the artist necessarily, but the beauty of the World is emphasised or deepened by the artist's impression.

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“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.” Jimi Hendrix

Beyond

You promised to follow me

To the beyond,

And I promised to follow you

For the rest of Forever.

It is not long enough for us!

Such pleasures and acres,

We wish to share,

Without end.

Beyond reason is how

I love you,

Beyond your body and smile,

As reassuring these are.

I love you like a Tempest’s rage,

I love you like the flicker of the flame,

I love you like the ravage of the Wild,

Beyond this there is nothing.

“It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.” Victor Hugo