i know the way to nirvana,
i follow my black cat, merlin
who trails torpid fire-flies
dancing dreamily through ethers
some call reality.
panther-topaz eyes pierce the veils,
revealing celestial messengers
sliding down crystal moonbeams,
slowly spreading their satin wings
over landscapes of longing.
they pour out starlight from crystal vials
whose sweet fragrance is a benediction
mingling with woodland mists,
wafting through lattice-gauze
of storied tiers and lofty sentinels.
whirlpools of dreams
fade away into nothingness.
fitful slumbers spasm into
a single pulse of remembering,
lifting hearts high upon its crest.
dawn's genesis thaws the night,
expectation quivers the atmosphere,
a pastel chorus touches the horizon,
a star is born, washing the sky,
a world awakens.
solar lions leap down into earth
roaring their joy,
shaking hilltops and valleys,
fluttering eye-lids and hearts,
a sleeper awakens.
oh rampant emissaries of the light!
seize my soul with your talons of fire!
bear me, your prey, back to the hearth!
hail! father helios and mother vesta!
clothe me in your blinding raiment!