Voyage to Avalon
The gloom of the city in crowded condition,
A grey mass of people move wearily on,
If I could cast spells like a knowing magician
I'd conjure a journey to old Avalon.
My love we’d depart here, leave all things unholy,
Trade this modern noise for days mystic and fair,
Beyond lies a stairway, ascending it slowly
Let’s seek a kind heaven that's always been there.
Like voyagers we'll enter through sacred white portals
To live in the glow of a plentiful land,
So far from this world and the pain of its mortals,
To walk and discover while I hold your hand.
Observe how the meadows continue forever
Where curious lambs play around without fear,
Wide lakes, ornate fountains by soft purple heather;
The peace is ensured for eternity here.
A mist-shrouded castle appears in the distance
With walls long deployed as a true barricade,
Its turrets and ramparts show steely resistance,
Protecting those rooms where fine art is displayed.
The court attracts heroes and courtiers smiling
And writers of sonnets shall tell of your face
And wizards shall find you so truly beguiling
Both they and the knights will be bound by your grace.
When eventide passes and red beams are sinking
Beyond hills of heartbreak where night is released,
Then music we'll hear to encourage deep thinking
As goblets of mead are served at a great feast.
The hall welcomes every invited descendent,
Those loved ones we've lost greeting both me and you
And saints will arrive for the evening resplendent
And he who shed tears on the cross will come too.
We’ll linger in love when the others are sleeping,
The darkness and starlight redeeming each thing,
While close to you lady I'll tend to your weeping,
In Avalon's dream shall our souls ever sing.
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