Earth as it’s gleaming In radiant splendor It renders me speechless Tongue-twisted endeavor A pleasure I never felt Ever before And a severance with A desire for more If I could I would share it With all of life’s forms And for them proudly wear it A crown of sharp thorns As my hurricane brain Storms a gentle, tempestuous Restive and festive Pellucid perfectionist Scheming and dreaming What all lack of meaning I glean to be me In the solace of being As fleeting as eons Abscond out of sight In the eyes Of the chosen sun child’s Delight