Once in the past we were wandering blindly

Once in the past we were wandering blindly,
Parallels full of the human contrasts,
Yet we have landed, by fortune unkindly,
In the unknown country of the scifi-novelists…
Where combinations are strange and so bitter,
Woven of dreams and reality’s pain,
Where the soul tosses, and yet in a glimmer,
Burning so fiercely, love calls us again…
Just to discover each other, we needed
More than a bushel of salt on our path,
So from the fog of the ring we proceeded,
Touching the pillow to quiet the wrath,
Poisonous sleep-grass avoiding so bravely,
Seeking the one who is dearer than gold,
Passing through circles of hell, moving gravely,
Where it’s so painful, alarming and cold…
With no resentments and with no regretting,
Leaving the life of the past far behind,
Closing its pages, entirely forgetting
Crossroads of shadows that mirrors designed,
We have arrived at the goal of our dreaming,
We have discovered each other at last,
Closed the long chapter of blizzards and screaming,
Heard how the violin’s melodies passed,
They are bringing a sense of delighting,
Harmony into the freezing cold night,
Since the reward that was truly requiting
We have obtained in this worldly plight…
There where the rumble of wheels was so roaring,
At a deserted and lone railway post,
Turned in a flash into vision soaring,
Where I can hear a bright voice like a host…
Wholly forgetting the mirrors reflecting,
All the refractions, distortions and space,
Edge of oblivion calmly dissecting,
Finding the meaning and finding our place…
For the one soul who is dearer than any,
For the one man who has suffered so long,
Let the soul sum all the feelings of many,
Leading us into love's palace and song!..
Where it’s so clear and so visibly shining,
Harmony lives in each musical tone,
Where we see pines of Rome softly reclining,
And on Montmartre, where loudly alone
We will now sing in a perfect compliance,
Where the deep thoughtfulness finally died,
Where our souls’ passion and fiery alliance
Lives in sweet real life, not parallel side…


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