Tuesday 9 August 2011

THE EMPEROR'S PARCEL TO SYLVIE

THE EMPEROR’S parcel

To the newly wedded bride
To my dear friend
Our loved one his queen.

For my invisible present to present
Rapped in red rose
Painted to ponder and to consider:

Another stride on your life’s journey you’ve attained
Where no master is or servant
But partners in a pact;
Helpmates on a road whose length
Perceived by none lest each treading his own.

Your steps the countless years of fancy to end
And true reality magnificently to attain
Out of this world of feign affection
Where the butterflies might not kiss the coloured petals
Yet must blossom their fruits.

And after all their well wishes
All the happiness
Below and above the heavens

Would I still wish you
If even they never find your way;
Search them if even all your days

And you will find it someday.