NIGHT VIEW/SKYLAND LODGE

NIGHT VIEW/ SKYLAND LODGE


HOW LIKE UNTO A SKY IT LOOKS

THE VALLEY FLOOR AT NIGHT WITH LIGHT

HOW LIKE UNTO A NIGHTTIME SKY

WITH STARS

THAT SPARKLE, TWINKLE, GLOW

A PASSING CAR - A SHOOTING STAR

A FERRIS WHEEL - A GALAXY

MAN TO CONQUER NIGHT

HAS IMITATED HEAVEN

FOR HIS DELIGHT

HOW EASY IT IS TO ADMIRE MAN

FROM MOUNTAINTOP

BUT UP CLOSE

EACH CRACK, EACH CREVICE, EACH CAVITY,

EACH DEFECT SHOWS

AND THE ABRASIVENESS OF CLOSENESS

GRINDS
THE AIR IS SHATTERED

AS EACH ONE STRUTS

AND TELLS HIS INFALLIBLE TRUTH

AND MAN IN THE NAME OF TRUTH

DO UNMANLY THINGS TO MEN

THERE IS A NEED FOR MOUNTAIN TOPS

A NEED TO RUN AWAY

A NEED TO STRETCH FLAT OUT ON A ROCK

AND WATCH THE STARS CIRCLE ON

THERE IS BEAUTY IN THE VALLEY PROM A DISTANCE

THERE IS GLORY IN THE CREATIVITY OF MAN


I AM A PART OF THAT GREAT POEM

ALL OUR LIVES INTERWOVEN

A TAPESTRY THAT TELLS OUR TIME

I DO NOT FIND IT EASY VALLEY LIFE

BUT I KNOW

THAT THERE MY SALVATION LIES

I AM BOUND UP IN MANKIND

FOR ILL OR WOE

I AM BOUND UP IN MANKIND

A SINGLE THREAD RUNNING OUT ITS' LIFE

AFFECTING MANY IN ITS' RUN

IN THE CLOTH THAT TELLS OUR STORY

IN THE BANNER OR THE SHROUD

THERE IS A BEAUTY IN THE VALLEY

BUT ONE NEEDS A MOUNTAINTOP TO SEE IT

THERE IS A NEED TO LIVE IN THE VALLEY

OR RATHER A RELUCTANT COMMITMENT

THERE IS A SUMMONS TO GO TO THE VALLEY

I WILL ANSWER

BUT PLEASE

LET ME LINGER HERE THE NIGHT


FRANK A VOLLMER