Kit Kelen #534 - Alcázar de Sevilla - plus ultra

534

Alcázar de Sevilla

plus ultra

come into the shade

be with me

little wings light here

under the honey locust

in orange trees

cooler air is cast

a little further

come

the peacock in the shadowed leaves

comes to a branch, tips, steps off

into the sun

into the blue beyond

and in the cannon's mouth

by sabre stung

the centuries feed on

court after court

make luxury awe

understand what this God gives

here among roses

no further to climb

still this sun will rise

heretics burn

there will be new worlds

to loot

a trickle of Christ's blood

trickle of wine

gruel for the beggars

and slaves

a forest is slain

for the cloth of these ships

let us have water

from a great falling height

the glory of honour

this treachery

the verb has no form

for what we have done

let us have seas

enough for our ships

and so the world is

set to spin

the laughter of poets

for this

in orange trees

shadow and leaf cast

little wings light here

under the honey locust

come into the shade

be with me