From Afar (Lost It Suite)

From Afar has been published in All of Me Vol. V, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing. This arrangement pays homage to Lost It by DJ Force & The Evolution. Featured art is by Maren Klemp.

Listen to From Afar by Richard Charles Stevens (Lost It Suite)

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
.
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
they rightly fall away
.
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
(in light of thee
they rightly fall away)
.
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
(in light of thee
they rightly fall away)
.
in light of thee
they fall away
.
the river runs
to call thy name
.
the tall grass sways
to serenade
.
the rising tide
of all thine aid
.
invited to delight thee
open palmed
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
.
even then its echoes
are forget-me-nots remembered
never lost
for hand in hand
we fan the living embers
.
fan the living embers
fan the living embers
fan the living embers
.
fan the living embers
fan the living embers
fan the living embers
.
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
(in light of thee
they rightly fall away)
.
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
(they rightly fall away)
.

invited to delight thee
open palmed
to the river
from afar
politely charmed
.
invited to delight thee
open palmed
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
.
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
.
in light of thee
they rightly fall away
.