The Soul Bound In Stone Poem by Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)

children hide guard well
your dreaming soaring hearts
least the griffin swoop down

descending quickly fearfully
suddenly with a sweeping
tearing envious prey upon flight

sudden swift attack aerial attack
rapid raid movement sudden sortie
is vile attack upon innate imagination


children a griffin is a monster
with the head and wings of an eagle
and the body and tail of a lion

the attack usually made from thin air
unprovoked usually made from the air
upon somebody something wonderful

for example an escape into poetry
haughty griffin might say ‘Your poem
is touching to people but NOT ME...............’


children beware the griffin
beware the thief of imagination
beware the soul bound in stone


Copyright © Terence George Craddock