We sat bewildered on the canyonside

no-way to reach the bottom

the path had dissappeared

daylight caressing my skin and eyes

when that hollow whistle pierced the air

and a mantra of great power came to mind

and I knew, if understood

it could set anyone instantly free

I am a fool...

And there, I have said it once

And this is my gift to all mankind

brought back from the abyss

where the trail goes lost

and we follow a feeling

into the night

I am a fool

and there, I have said it twice

music rings out from the hearts of trees

poetry like diamonds

spreads among the lichened stone

the secrets boiling in the caudron

just out of reach - teasing

deep down - deep beyond knowing

I am a fool

there - I have said it thrice

the secrets deep....laughing at me

I turn back and long for my home

leaving behind - the webs we had climbed

to the sanctuary of the spider

touching earth and we smiled

happiness just feeling the ground

when a great wisdom came to my partner

the secret we had sought - he discovered

so simple that all seriousness died in laughter

he had it down stone cold

and the truth be told

"All that we've missed in each moment, we'll never recover".

* props to Lewis Carroll