Galacta
Verse on the 6th movement theme (Maestoso) from Saint-Saens’ Symphony #3, The Organ Symphony, Op. 78. Meter: 9.10.9.10.
I.
From life’s womb our birth
beholds the stars,
Embraced by Galacta’s
spiraling arms.
Her xanthic star
darkness is o’erwhelmed,
Seeds spring from
elemental dust it warms.
II.
Childhood, sustained
by this oceaned orb,
Sparks genesis of
consciousness and fire.
Galacta’s ocean
vast paradise,
So we leap to the sky
atop Sol’s spire.
David C. Waggoner, March 16, 1998, Copyright (C) 1998
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