Into the Abyss

Into the Abyss

I take a deep breath and descend

dreaming of wells

and whales in a midnight sea,

of a dragon’s foot in the bedrock.

A bird sings long before dawn.

I ascend

wearing lapis lazuli

of deepest blue shot through with gold

and walk a road strewn with black walnuts.

Trillium in profusion bloom around the trees.

Divine children walk and talk at birth—

I dance with a child in my arms

dance away from demons and thieves.

We see through green glasses,

we hike in sturdy shoes.

People we don’t even know stand in the wings

to watch our ragtime dance.

Venus blazes its shining pathway on the sea

narwhals, male and female

rise side by side to greet us.

The Wilderness Within by Barbara Spring

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