When Shall We

When shall we hear beyond the shoals

Of ignorant seas in which we strive,

The music chambered in our souls,

The harmony for which we live,

The 'aves' of a thousand choirs

Chanting the marriage of the dawn,

And melodies the heart desires

Through star-clad night and sun-bright morn.

When shall we see undimmed by tears,

With the awakened eye within

Beauty's face that through the years

Above our songs of sadness and sin?

When shall we dream and recreate

The joy supreme known to those

Great spirit guides who watch and wait

For darkness failing in its throes.

When shall we be, not just become,

No longer think but love and know

Our earth, our skies, our spirit's home,

The grace descending here below.