From Afar (Uplifter Suite)

From Afar has been published in All of Me Vol. V, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing. Featured art is by Maren Klemp.

Listen to From Afar by Richard Charles Stevens (Uplifter Suite)

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to the river
from afar
catching fireflies in a jar
twinkle twinkle little star
i know precisely what you are
i dream concisely
when invited
to delight thee
open palmed
to the river
from afar
politely charmed
.
here thou art fine
thine hallmarked heart
of fine art and divine
i hear the call
of mystifying splendour
in the vine
in sweep so steeped of venture
i feel betterment to cry
each tear
the milk and honey
running gently down my spine
to testify the sweetened nectar of define
testify the sweetened nectar of define
.
it is funny how the river runs
more freely in thy wake
encouraging each feeling
of fragility misplaced
revealing the naïveté one needs to bleed in grace
i dream concisely
when invited to relieve the mighty chains
ordained to bind me
to delusion of misfaith
in light of thee
in light of thee
in light of thee
they fall away
.
the river runs
the river runs
the river runs
to call thy name
the tall grass sways
tall grass sways
tall grass sways
to serenade
the rising tide
the rising tide
the rising tide
of all thine aid
invited to delight thee
open palmed
to the river
from afar
politely charmed
to the river
from afar
politely charmed
.
here
in the profoundest sense
lies every dream
i ever dreamt
each crowning feeling on request
the sweet appeal of longed caress
reveals the heart
then fits a stent
in jewels bedecked
of rules bereft
upon a wing and prayer
it’s blessed
one mirrored pair
of feathered crests
beautiful in life
as death
provable to final breath
provable to final breath
beautiful in life
as death
even then
its echoes
are forget-me-nots
forget-me-nots
forget-me-nots
remembered
never lost
for hand in hand
we fan the living embers
fan the living embers
fan the living embers
.
to the river
from afar
catching fireflies in a jar
twinkle twinkle little star
i know precisely what you are
i dream concisely
when invited
to delight thee
open palmed
to the river
from afar
politely charmed
to the river
from afar
politely charmed
to the river
from afar
politely charmed
invited
to delight thee
open palmed
to the river
from afar
politely charmed
.
here thou art fine
here thou art fine
thine hallmarked heart
of fine art and divine
i hear the call
i hear the call
of mystifying splendour
in the vine
here thou art fine
here thou art fine
thine hallmarked heart
of fine art and divine
i hear the call
i hear the call
of mystifying splendour
in the vine
vine
vine
vine
vine
vine
.
in sweep so steeped of venture
i feel betterment to cry
each tear
the milk and honey
running gently down my spine
to testify the sweetened nectar of define
to testify the sweetened nectar of define
.
to the river
from afar
catching fireflies in a jar
twinkle twinkle little star
i know precisely what you are
i dream concisely
when invited
to delight thee
open palmed
to the river
from afar
politely charmed
to the river
from afar
politely charmed
to the river
from afar
politely charmed
.
in light of thee
in light of thee
in light of thee
they fall away
.
in light of thee
they fall away
the river runs
the river runs
the river runs
to call thy name
the tall grass sways
tall grass sways
tall grass sways
to serenade
the rising tide
the rising tide
the rising tide
of all thine aid
invited to delight thee
open palmed
to the river
from afar
politely charmed
charmed (repeat)
.
to the river
from afar
catching fireflies in a jar
twinkle twinkle little star
i know precisely what you are
i dream concisely
when invited
to delight thee
open palmed
to the river
from afar
politely charmed
.