Look Up

Sun darts fell through twilight Red flames rolled on the sea With night an ancient world emerged And beckoned unto me "Look up, look up from your concrete gaze Leave the oil and steel behind Let my paths take your wandering feet And my stories fill your mind" There old towns clung to sheer cliff stone Sulphur rose up from the ground A hermits cave looking over the waves Became my mid-day home And in its shade I closed my eyes Let my thoughts swim in the sound Of the sea and its countless waves As they lapped against the shore I walked a long deserted road Past goats and cypress trees Climbed a cliff to stand alone And watch the port below The wind it wove its weightless threads Over the earth and sea Amongst the old walls and sculpted stones I sat and watched the daylight ebb "Look up, look up from your tangled thoughts Leave your troubles for a time Let the light and the endless blue Consume the shadows of your mind"