----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE TALES OF AYELSFARN (An Aethereal Menagerie) (Second Edition) Copyright 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Includes all original and revised poetry and prose ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie I (1985) The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie II (1991) Copyright 1985, 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt ISBN 0-8059-2988-6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .c2. An account of my bereavement and journey to In the grave, time will leave no boundary. All that was is there for all to see. Preceding life will have great value then. But, once there, redemption is frozen for all men. It is time now to forget all that is past, Save some good memories of great value, good or bad. To move on with some recallable wisdom, gained, alas No-one may 'lieve themselves of all sorrow, No matter how sad. It will be, Provided how guidance and prudence lend me, A somehow fruitful beginning. But, for now It is time to leave; There semms nothing left me. My warrant of death opens and closes the door As never have I seen before. The sadness of an empty beach Serves the purpose of memory To tutor and teach me of loneliness, And my soul shall sing no more. I scant make any decisions in haste, Therefore of my life I shall not waste. I'm not worried, because through it all, Knowledge, Wisdom, and God have I found. To my life, a forward bound. Once again I am spinnig throughout The corridors of time and space; I feel no hurry, for there is no-one to race. It is calm an peaceful here at the end, As if time were at my disposal to bend. -------------------------------------------------------- / / /__,_ _ o ____ /_ __. __ /_) (_