the heart answers to no ruler

when i was last in the sky
i flew over three continents
searching for hope
and sanity and joy
and they come back
on the winds to me
the black abyss of space
above me
beckons
but i am not tempted
some days i hope i
will have nothing
forever
the pure beauty
of cold space
and i am the eagle
i am the lonely spirals
up through the vast blue sky

but the heart answers to no ruler
i am called to earth

race through
the canyons of nevada
with your burning eye upon me
time is too short
and life too empty
and laughter is not the same
and smiles don't quirk and dance
  like you and i in the evening
turn up the volume, love
because life is for the living
be with me
  and in me be free

i am in the sky searching
searching
is it you
or are you hidden
i cannot say
the heart answers to no ruler

 - connelly barnes, 2010-08-24