" Everlast "

 Everlast √

1976

Stray stars streak through my mind and pass

With soft impressions, Everlast

Unto my mind is given thought

On all that is and all that's wrought

The periled depths both new and bold

So fill my mind to end the cold

To take the chill from unknown paths

Gain summer's warmth in Everlast

And, as my spring accepts its winter

The mind shall know and not be hindered

Just as my future routs the past

I’m off, again, to Everlast

A golden, open breezy field

Within the dream, my fate is sealed

Oh, Lady Luck, you're cards, don't deal

For Luck is not the sword I wield

Defense is open-armed, I clasp

All patience gained from Everlast

Fantastic as this thought may be

I now, and well, can clearly see

'Tis but a part that’s but a start

For, now, alone, so stands the Art

Away, again, so neighs the heart

Bright wondrous fields that never part

For all that’s seen and all that’s past

Is only part of Everlast

This was written so long ago.  I was still in school.  It feels like a different millennium and it is.  First rhoem.