The Ride Home

I once again ride for the kingdom of Dorwyn
Where the hills roll out into green
I once again ride to the kingdom of iris,
 papyrus, delilahs and cream

I ride for the sound of the songsters that soar
I ride for a sky spilling dreams
I ride for the tide of a tourmaline shore
that taught me what infinite means

I once again go where the whippoorwill grow
In the flowing of grass
Where the people all know
That the blowing en masse
And the flight of a crow
Are the sights of a rider approaching

And it's just like a dream~~~poured out of the sky
Of a time when the world was a wonder, and I...
I, for an eye, was a sparkling child
Flying the winds of the open and wild
In the billowing lands of the free
Bounding the hills and coursing with thrills
And rolling in spills of the sea

And now I return, with my life at my side
I ride for the kingdom I knew
For life can deal in treacherous zeal
And life can steal and peel you open
And life can keel all that you do
Pounding you down, wearing you through
When life can leave you broken

One more fair jaunt, old Courage my friend
Keep trotting---we'll make it by morn
To that sky booming wide
That tourmaline tide
With all of my life leaking out of my side~~
But keep up fair Courage, we must make the ride
To Dorwyn, where I was born