Earendel is Here…
éala éarendel engla beorhtast / ofer middangeard monnum sended
– Cynewulf
Earendel is here,
But not where you might find him
In Tolkien’s Silmarillion
Nor in a barque or nao
A jewel in the prow
But in another sphere
Earendel is here
In orbit overhead
Like meteors that streak their trails
And yet behind a veil
Goes indistinct
As if the messenger had winked
Before again it sped
In orbit overhead
Unless you synchronize
Your vision with the streak
No matter how your seek
To see the ship
Beneath the night it slips
Your seeing it defies
Unless you synchronize
Pavel
July 2, 2011
