a ruby pond

i came upon an alpine pond
by a portal gate in the wilderness
with no traceable place of address
it was real like surreal,

i peered into its glowing bottom
a red emitted beyond my reach
infused with baby blues,
like when you look through colored glass
as in those rose-colored glasses,
or an empty vicks vaporub jar
that changes the way you see the world
makes you feel in the spirit,
where the heavy scales of clay
fall from your eyes
you seem as light as air
just before the instant it fades away

the pond's  hues of brightest red
played with the water's baby blue
that tantalized with no disguise
for my naked, weary eyes
it gave relief

i plunged and left myself on shore
i floated in and soared with wings
into the softness the color red
carried by a fluid stream into another realm
i found no need to hold my breath

the bottom was fine
grained sand of tiny ruby gems
in all directions lay
their sharp points of metallic light
shot as rays that pierced the blue
with needle pins of blazing glory

myriad flashes and sparks
scattered throughout the deep
they played and dazzled,
collided and caught each others rays
they danced with the sun high above
each gem alive,
living entities emitting warmth
immersing my love in love
my heart in joy felt it would burst

a marvel scene released a sweet repose
that must be set by a deed divine
for interspersed with grand design,
lay countless larger blood-red stones,
scattered in far directions,
resonating sounds like a quasars' pulse,
a different kind of speech,
spoke to me in crystal clear,
another form of life beyond,
the mind of intellect to understand,
overwhelmed with perfect manifest,
my awe of awesomeness

these stones in crimson ruby sand
made the place alive
a gasp of breath in these watery depths
due my state wonder made
for my newest friends

a portal pond,
a water world of ruby lands below,
hidden from my troubled woes
from those who search but cannot find,
who look but cannot see,
they only use their mind

i left it of my own accord 
back up and through the top
i found myself by a different door
a newer view is what i got
though its always been around,
since the pillars of creation made,
another way, a higher plane,
a deeper kind of love
not easy found

i changed to do a part though small,
to live by love in attitude,
'til the age of end,
'til the iron gates of hell on earth are blown away,
'til the time when giant pearls stand
as pillars at portal's entrance gates,
when precious stones are free
a time when transparent gold
is used to pave the roads
a time of a golden cube,
when rubies fill the newborn earth