Transcendental

She is beautiful

and she warms my memory

Youthful, yet ancient

In motion, yet still

Strong, yet exposed

Like a castle

in a field

covered with moss

that I once saw

in Ireland

Unnatural Request

Do not ask me to stop loving you

Ask a bee to avoid the flowers first

Ask the sun to withhold light from the sky

Ask a child to leave his mother’s comforting arms

Ask the dry, parched earth to reject the rain

Ask a woman to flee her lover’s bed in the middle of the night

Ask a river to flow away from the ocean

Ask an old man to forget happier times of youth

Ask the moon to break away from the Earth’s embrace

Ask all of these things if you wish

But do not ask me to deny my love

It cannot happen, as long as I exist