When You Lower
Down Your Shield
When you lower down your shield
And look back
You are like the lighthouse
That shows that land is near
You are like a waterfall of stars
Dropping down from heaven.
If it was not for your beauty
It was for your exctasy
I would rather be dead
Than miss a syllable.
You open up rivers
Of sacred harmony
And sound the bells
Of eternal joy.
Alfred Grech
31/08/2019