Upon an Undiscovered Plane

I held you against the world till time dissolved

And we stood upon an undiscovered plane

Looking towards light when first the fires of dawn

Appeared to us and we heard the haunting strain

Of a melody unsung on earth before.

We saw emerging as from a chrysalis

The transformation of all we thought we knew;

The commonplace became miraculous,

The ugly bore a beauty vast and pure,

Radiant bodies moved in sheer delight

Across the landscape of the soul's desire.

Almost too brilliant for our earthly sight

We stood enraptured in a magic hour

Unwilling to break the silence of the place,

For words could not express the vision seen,

The creation of a great and golden race.