Spontaneously arrived, green and strong.

 

Oh, my heart of stone.

Oh my eyes of steel.

I thought your stone walls harbored no ivy

Your paths held no grass

 

Oh I thought the key was gone

I thought the stone walls would hold

The trees were surrounded by

Concrete armour

 

I held fast and hoped for life

For I thought there was none to be found within

I thought your only fruit

Was the anticipating silence

 

As I tidied my estate,

A whim lead me to your gates.

Silly, fickle, faint-hearted creature I am

I followed.

 

I had forgotten precisely where you laid

In an ashen slumber

I found iron gates overgrown with

Weeds of wisdom and brambles of nostalgia

 

Though your entry seemed unbreachable

The gentle wind of whim

Swung open your door

Your core exposed to confounded eye

 

As my fumbling feet sought shelter

In your wing where I had once frolicked

Lights arose and color blossomed

A rising song to my unexpecting ear

 

Nay, you are not dead

You hold more life than before

The seeds planted have thrived

The trees have grown taller

 

You are all the more beautiful

My eyes begin to be opened to your true complexity

Oh, quiet, steadfast harbor

You have captivated me once more

 

Labyrinths of flower hemmed paths

Soften my eyes, revive my heart

Lead my wandering feet home

Home I had lost

 

At once you open up

I am in the core of your core

The same resolute marble fountain

Stands to greet me

 

Same, yet different

The ivy has grown to it's sides

And takes it's lifeblood

From the gurgling spring

 

This place is where I fell

This place is where I'd spend

Nights under stars, days upon my knees,

Mornings at peace and afternoons on guard

 

Yet now I find peace.

The blue sky welcomes me

The bright sun embraces me

I am at home

 

As I leave

I know I will return

I know the gates won't be barred

I know this place

 

One day a place of welcome

For more than my wandering soul

For hope and peace

Friends to walk along

 

My stone heart breached

And washed in love

My steely eyes softened

Brought to life