I sometimes forget where memory ends,
& Mystery begins, I sometimes forget the stars
who have always loved me & the endless summers
when I dreamed, I know I remember the wind & the moon
& the sea in some simpler clearer way, in a previous
universe perhaps, before youth became eternal & was still
fresh & clear & new, I remember the nights when love
was scented by the wild grass, sweet & gentle & unknown,
I remember the gradual rise of the Mystery, as Life grew
deeper, & richer & wiser, I remember the crests of the great
tides, ominous & beautiful as they gathered & swept way
the shining cities, I remember the nymphs & the unicorns
& the satyrs dissolving into phantoms, & the flights of the
dark birds of magic as they sought refuge in the sky, I knew
the world had changed then, I knew Beauty had suddenly
scattered into a thousand different meanings, I knelt at the
Spring where thirst was always quenched but returned as
ecstasy & eternal, I took to the road, I felt infinity in my
eyes, & a wild new heartbeat in my chest, I knew I could
ride forever, I knew the dawn would always knight me,
I knew my Quest was ageless, it was madness,
it was Bright...
--NorthPoet, from VISION RIDER...