Julia (or, ‘Holy to the LORD’ on the Bells of Horses) - mewithoutYou

Today a thousand years

Of strained affection and prayer

«Out beyond ideas of right & wrong is a field»

Will I meet you there?

Will I meet you there?

The summer garden blooms

With autumn soon replaced

Another harvest moon—

So many ways to lose

So many faiths

«Holy to the LORD» on the bells of horses

Safely on the shore we sank like stones

To the bottom of a made up ocean

Standing on the lake shore, Julia

Silent as a seashell, Julia

Magnet of the elk park, Julia

Laid down on the temple floor

«Send a couple rats,» said Julia

I’d have done the same thing to you

Coffee and a milk, now Julia

Who do you think needs who more?

In case your plan falls through

To mispronounce my name

(Static between me and that Salafi, Yusef)

To curse You-Don't-Know-Who

And bow before the same

(So was the scene at al-Aqsa.)

I’ll meet you there

(I have to admit I loved the cut of his pant legs!)

I’ll meet you there

(Another lovely afternoon for Sūrat al-Kāfirūn)

«Holy to the LORD» on the bells of horses

Safely on the shore we sank like stones

To the bottom of a made up ocean