our bright faces

living in the layers of the mystery
          it is in the   spaces that we find
everything      the glasses we need
to see    can be formed by hand
and forged    with our opened minds

what we find along the way is
ourselves   looking back
into our bright faces
forging   always ahead

sentience on the serene
        edge   of the mountain
seeing out across   for miles
        and miles   we can
be there   forever

        living in the layers
        we are enfolded
        our bright faces
                looking up and out

     

Copyright 2006 by James Downs