those noble gardens

the guitar tells us or so the title says
of royal gardens on a high plateau
to get there was a journey of some days

like water moving and like grass it stays
somewhere there is a menagerie or zoo
the guitar tells us or so the title says

the fountain in the courtyard as it plays
removes from us a sense that time is blue
to get there was a journey of some days

regard the sounds they live as all decays
into vast silence as it ought to do
the guitar tells us or so the title says

the mind is focused but like water strays
down ruts and paths not open to the view
to get there was a journey of some days

in ups and downs the carriage moves and sways
at last we seem to hear the calm halloo
the guitar tells us or so the title says
to get there was a journey of some days