I WAS THERE:

I was there, with lashing tail, fin, silvered scale & flaxen hair,

In Atlantis, deep below, in the ancient ocean´s & sea´s briny lair,

I was there, in fine feathered plumes, where the sweet wind blows,

In the heaven´s above, where Angels play harps & God´s love glows,

I was there, garbed in flaring scarlet, orange & burning crimson red,

In the rays of the sun, where the Phoenix rose from his hot ashy bed,

I was there, mantled in suit of rooted stems & my soul of nutty pod,

In the dark loamy soil, waiting beneath life´s brown, rich & silty sod,

I was there, within all my elements, south, north, east & windy west,

In the four directions, wearing moonbeams & nature´s old breezy vest,

I am here now, on this worldly earth, clad only within my cloak of flesh,

In my human form, veined, webbed & caught within life´s earthly mesh.