SONG OF THE HOUSEBOUND

  I only go where thoughts can take me,
  I only see what dreams may see,
  And if I sleep, please don't awake me,
  Let me be, O, let me be.

  Think not that I am tried by sorrow,
  Minds may roam amongst the stars,
  And I can close my eyes and borrow
  The music sung on alien bars.

  I am adrift and feather light
  Upon the keening Alpine wind,
  And you who come near in the night
  Bring love and warmth
  And our souls open up and blend.

  I only go where thoughts can take me,
  But they take me where rivers run,
  Whose sparkling waters soothe and slake me,
  And eagles soar against the sun.

  Then I rise up and walk with eagles
  Upon their own, their private skies.