Rolle the Hermit

 

Raving on the moors, they say,

or baying at the moon . . . but so

little they know the love God lays

like honey on my soul, as though

every drop of love enfolds

the ocean of all love; I hear

heaven songs, and angels cheer my

every moment with melody. I told them

how my heart can feel the fire

enter my soul and glow there — only this is

real; yet . . . somehow it always misses

my lunging words; my lyrics lie

inert and lifeless on the page,

torn to pieces in a fit of rage.

 

 

© Michael Fleming

Oxford, England

March 1984

 

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