Remembered Eden

 

Grady McMurtry

 

22 August 1961

 

 

Dark Goddess of the Inward Sky

The Star King sings; as Charioteer

He leaps forth with his hounding cry

And dashes through the lightning’s sear.

 

Tall Chessmen stand,

The World is square,

Opposites interpenetrate;

The King and Queen,

A royal pair,

Of Black and White in stately mate.

 

The Yin and Yang are Asian Light;

Their white and black spin on the Wheel:

Drawn by the vacuum of Her night

All things begin; and all things heal.

 

Tall Chessmen stand,

The World is square,

Opposites interpenetrate;

The King and Queen,

A stately pair,

Of White and Black in royal mate.

 

 

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