Once Was a Knight

Touch the air-
now close your eyes
and it's gone.
Feel the light upon your lips,
but don't close them shut
that dark should come.
See the Moon in your eyes?
Or is that you
looking
from the Moon?

I once imagined I was a Knight
and fought for love
and beauty.
I recall it so well
'cause I had
such a tingling
down my spine.

Somewhere
along the way
I must've misplaced
the dream.

Could it be
that I closed
my eyes too soon,
or was it swallowed
in the darkness
of my silence

Copyright 2008 Francis Don Daniels

The Road

The Road
that journeys through magic colors,
starlight, the sun's refracted waves,
pale shavings of dissolving time
swept along the infinite paths
of you, me, all who've come to be,
of lands unknown and forms unmeld,
but a wish it stirs a quickening
deep within the heart.

The Road
that journeys long and far
past all creations thought imposed
seeks a meadow lush and green-
Elysium where time does not belong-
nor hint of travels or travails,
nor memories save laughter and love,
yet in the joy of its final teasure
discover, a new road to travel on.

Copyright 2008 Francis Don Daniels