Table 26 Poem by Robert Leary

I had to break this arrow in my heart
That I could ride the horse beneath me
Yet replete with love a storm
Still beats as I leave you
At the altar of this table outside
Dancing shadows of our love
Seething to a froth of peace
Heart in your hand you walk away with mine

Not knowing where paths lead
What serpent from the water
Will rear in furtive ire to be beaten
Down by an ignoble knight
Whose arrow through its heart pierces
The peace that was our light
For we walked in anytime
And would have loved in any time
And waltzed the circle of this table
To the fable that was ours.