The Journey
With minted teeth, lights out, eyes closed, relaxed,
on Egyptian cotton, eider down and heckled flax
we disembark on distant lands and run barefoot on endless sands
find loves long lost on unfamiliar shores
commune with ghosts of long forgotten wars
to fill our heads with other worldly dreams
is to quench our thirsts from crystal streams
until eight times twelve the minute hand has passed
and from our glimpse of Eden we are cast
Eric Pinkerton