Those We Have Known

 

Perhaps as we, in the dawning of an age

That shall transform the substance of the self,

Open to a light above the head

Or hear a voice we know speak lovingly,

All fear is for a moment lost and then

No darkness haunts us or the night's profane,

For having seen beyond the doubting mind

The mysterious is no more a poet's dream

And time and space are parables of One

Who with his light has lit a thousand suns.

We then shall find beyond the bourne of years

The provinces of calm supernal peace

And shall in joyous meeting recognize,

In bodies new, continuing our quest,

Those we have known and loved through centuries.