Waking On Warm Earth From Sleep Poem by Terence George Craddock

still a few warm memories endure
of waking on warm earth from sleep
near edge of wilderness trails once
walked in those dry summer spells
in New Zealand on native wilderness
trails walking mountain beech forests
or time unique subtropical rainforests

all those secret wonderful microclimates
near my hometown teenage youth birthplace
these were my cathedral arching canopy trees
extending to far walked mountain ridgelines
where youth knew a holy mountain holy place
can be moments sacred felt in any sudden
entered wilderness space when some strange

creation lingering energies strike pierce
heart mind soul causing a weird sense
that vitalized soul might vibrate straight
off face of earth to mind rapture explore
light years distant cosmic universal spaces
energies vibrant easily overwhelm senses
time echoes still a few warm memories


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
Copyright © Terence George Craddock