Change


Change
Said the sun to the moon,
You cannot stay

Change
Says moon to the waters,
All is flowing

Change
Says the field to the grass,
Seed-time and harvest,
Chaff and grain.

You must change,
Said the worm to the bud,
Though not to a rose,

Petals fade
That wings may rise
Borne on the wind.

You are changing,
Said death to the maiden, your wan
face
To memory, to beauty.

Are you ready to change?
says thought to the heart, to let pass
All your life long

For the unknown, the unborn
In the alchemy
Of the world's dream?

You will change,
Say the stars to the sun,
Says night to the stars.


KATHLEEN RAINE