Forgotten Dreams Ancient mountain fortress Stretching to the sky All I wish and wonder is to know, why? Why this place, these people Celebrated life in custom, group? Why their buildings, temples built so high aloof? Why I feel a yearning to be with them here? Why these stones and steps and place? Why do I so long for understanding, to grace My mind's appreciation of this antique race? To embrace this place with my soul attuned Would bring renewed light on all these fine ruins I feel both the urge to jump and to soar Experienced as my free choice, need I say more... As priestess once, I claim a memory My priestly fervour, fragmented strangely Longings I had once to sacrifice self As fain would I now leap from this great height Release claim of earth and prove spirit's might In giving my all to the Greater All Fulfilment, not death I'd seek from my Fall. But stop! take heed of the presence of Time I claim not the past, claiming NOW as mine! I must resist impulse to join with...