Shade of my Heart

The fires of the Sun
beat
down
as a hammer
on my soul
in this three fold land
this desert waste
          a fire to temper
          an anvil to shape
          a stone to test
                    men's spirits...

My quiet love
my floating blossom
you are the Shade
          of my Heart
the shelter
          for my soul....
I will take you
          in my arms
                    as night
                              rises.