Once Gods Walked

Once gods walked among humans,

The splendid Muses and youthful

Inspired and healed us, just like you.

And you are to me as if one of the Holy Ones Had sent me forth into life, and the image Of my beloved goes with me,

And wherever I stay and whatever I learn,

I learned and gained it from her,

With a love that lasts until death.

Then let us live, you with whom I

And inwardly strive towards better times In faith and loyalty.  For we are the ones.

And if people should remember us

In years to come, when Spirit again prevails,

They'd say that these lonely ones

Created a secret world, known to the gods alone.

The earth will take back those

With impermanent things: others climb

To ethereal Light who've been

To the love inside themselves, and to the spirit Of the gods.  Thus they master

In patience, hope and quietness.