Melting
I wandered alone and unseen
In a wondrous forest of deep green
I felt the ground moan under my weight
Could I not be lighter on my feet?
I asked the sunbeams through the green leaves
As they shone over me mockingly.
What would you be today
A wood-nymph, I dare say
Or perhaps a gentle deer
I turned my face full to the sun
And dared it change me as it shone
I dare you, I said, change me now
I would be as you say transformed
A part of you, a lightbeam of goldThe trees were so soft all around
Their barks had grown together with the moss
And there was scent that filled my spirit
And I felt that all was my kindred
I touched the leaves and stroked the barks
And felt the softness of the grass
And my eyes were dazzled with a thousand flowers
Of resplendent luminous colours.
Neverending a path lay ahead
And the wind was a gentle breath of fragrance
I felt so much lighter on my feet
And the ground and I sighed with relief
And I could no longer see the sun
For everything and I were one
And I was neither a nymph or human
Nor a soft creature as the roe deer
I was something so unbound
Something never seen nor found
Never heard or spoken ofNow I was green and brown and soft and warm
I could see a blue sky above me
And with a thousand eyes I watched thee
oh sun, which changes me,
With a thousand arms I caught the wind
And with a thousand feet I danced,
In the distance I saw a small flower wilt
But by now I had melted
And I knew no wrong nor right
Nor you or I
I could not tell you why
Ask the sunbeam on the green
Where I am and where you areAnd when you hear it answer
Keep in your heart the secret
That I who had never really been
Have melted