Petition

From the poet's rather sensational "Pink Jade" collection, written to the muse of the same name, we have this eloquent and gentle romantic overture that reminded us of the dimension of the human heart.

Petition

land warden I would be to the glens of your heart,
where verdant dreams reach with tender prayers
to suckle sunshine and the clouds for sustenance.

grant me right to bend my might to your service,
sheltered not by time or tempest from my duty,
but made fast to the mast of your ship to the stars.

for I am nothing if not champion, proven only when
serving your worthy soul with all the skills and talents
that God and nature and nurture have trusted to me.

I would be your proud and savant servant,
genius in a lamp that never needs more than a word
to summon me forth to do your will, gladly.


William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.