THE JOURNEY / RECOLLECTION The Journey By horse, by rail, by land, by sea, our journey starts In Iceland, where the mountain stood with pride Roped as one for safety through the long descent Crystals of opaque quartz, studded limpid tears, Narration 1 Admiring shades of lava which imperceptibly passed from reddish Narration 2 The Eastern route they had taken had come to a dead end. With three Narration 3 Replenished with the water the journey continued with haste, but Recollection Memories of a life on earth go flashing past, Pain and fear destroy the beauty I have seen, Crystals of opaque quartz, studded limpid tears, Narration 4 Suddenly the ground disappeared from beneath his feet. He fell down THE BATTLE / THE FOREST Narration 5 Having made a raft from wood taken from the giant mushroom forest, The Battle Five days out on an infinite sea, they prayed for calm on an ocean free, The raft was hurled by an unseen source, two hundred feet, with Rising out of the angry sea, towered the creatures' enemy, Crocodile teeth, lizard's head, bloodshot eye, stained ocean red The serpents' fight went on for hours, two monsters soaring up like towers Suddenly, the serpent's head,
shot out of the water bathed in red Crocodile teeth, lizard's head, bloodshot eye stained ocean read Narration 6 Cumulus clouds formed heavily in the south, like huge wool packs Narration 7 For four days the storm had raged as they clung to the mast of The Forest Journey on through ages gone, to the centre of the earth Burial ground of ancient man, his life no more is seen, Wonder where he's been, wonder where he's been, wonder where he's been The shore now gone behind the hills, a forest in our sight, Forests from far gone time, no living man has seen, Brownish hue dicates my eye, no colour hides their fear, Creatures twisting under trees, huge monsters soaked with rage Their shepherd came, now long extinct, a huge primeval man Dumb with astonishment and amazement which bordered on |