Andrew's Glosa

My heart leaps up when I behold 
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began; 
So is it now I am a man;

            -from “My Heart Leaps Up” by William Wordsworth

Every time you weep, I

am filled with envy of

each tear that graces your cheek

then falls dead. I could

not dream of a sweeter end

to the life that I was told

was not built by things that glitter.

But with every glance, all I see

is a face that shines like silver

and a soul that’s made of gold.

My heart leaps when I behold.

Every time you dance, I

am dizzied with life. A blood

rush so red that all colors quiver

in its sight, floods each and every

chamber of my being. Dazed and

drained no matter how hard I try

I cannot grasp what’s real as

my desire is so heavy and my

head is so light. I swear can fly

to a rainbow in the sky.

Every time you sing, I

am wind swept and war torn.

Like a kite or a flag battered

and tattered to the point of

no return. My senses ripped up and

mended by the only voice that can.

Those songs ring and roar, giving breath

to those that hear them. Like fuel for a

tiny spark of life left without a plan.

So was it when my life began.

Every time you die, I

am left to wonder about

the child that is the father

of the man. I am sure that there

is a place, where together we could

cross the void that we must span.

If there isn’t, I’ll simply wander past

every stream from which we drank

and every field through which we ran.
So it is now I am a man.