I fell in love with the distance

I fell in love with the distance,
of far off planes and places -
the honey beneath a dusking horizon,
wine wisdom wry in deep pools.
Lavender mountains like frozen fountains
frosted and wrapped in clouds.
fly fast, free birds,
witness the tides in the skies
join the ocean;
follow the sun-dive west,
or the full moon crest from sickle seas.
the heavens fill with sheep, lions, serpents -
orion hunting each.
behold the beryls of the night
watch they now our far-off plight
and slumber merry still.