This Little Acre

(ca. 1986/7) 

Elixir sweet is the Will refined,

      it empow'rs the personality –

      it swells from heart and stills the mind,

      ennobling our reality.

Of the Self-in-all I sing to you,

      of the joy surpassing reason;

      come sing with me of life renewed,

      come season upon season.

In the expression of hospitality

introductions are an empty gesture

for charity is in the glance.

In the lovingkindness of heart

words are few because inadequate …

for Thought molds and cultivates

the feeling and consideration of feeling.

When one is in love one is in love,

and when that is greater than all considerations

the oceanic quality of the heart

dictates all boundaries,

carrying off all that's entrusted to it

to a place solid beyond imagining,

where no rises or depressions upset the balance,

where the virgin quantity of one's innocence

and profound effervescent beauty are restored.

While we still occupy this little acre,

                                 you and I,

be like a pump and draw this ocean

into a cup, absorbing it in depth.