In Search Of Crystal Fountains

it's an unfinished life
that i find lies before me
an open-ended dream
and i don't want to wake
i've crossed so many rivers
in search of crystal fountains
i've found the truest paths
always lead through mountains
i've seen water on the sky
and fire burning on the lake

it's a journey with my soul
that i am taking
one that only goes
from the cradle to the grave
goin' round in circles
like painted dancing ponies
up and down we ride
on the wooden courses
and light from a lover's eyes
is all that i can save

so i'll take the day and run
out across the open fields
where the grass grows high
and the shadows fall
where my eyes can see
all the colors in the air
so quiet that the wind
whistles in my hair
and takes the rising dust
and carries it away

--kate wolf (from "unfinished life")