V. 2. / 156.) I Found It

I found it through the branches

The boughs of a spreading tree

Through the spaces where it wasn’t

Lined bright shades of living sky

I found it through the kittens

Curled in their basket by the fire

In no spaces where they weren’t

A lighted softness a shining filling

I found it through the breakers

As they tumbled on the shore

Through the waiting wave delight

In the see-through light between

I found it through the lilies

That lined the roadside drains

In all the colours they accepted

In white --- the one rejected

I found it through the colours

That with our eyes we never see

I found it through the spaces

Where beauty really wasn’t

Being back-to-front is easy

But, oh so hardly is it found!

The brightest wings of all

Lie behind the swiftest light

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