China Roses

Who can tell me if we have heaven
Who can say the way it should be
Moonlight holly
The Sappho Comet
Angel tears below a tree.

You talk of the break of morning
As you view the new aurora
Cloud in Crimson
The key of heaven
On love carved in acajou.

One told me of China Roses
On a thousand nights and one night
Earth’s last picture, the end of evening
Hue of indigo and blue.

A new moon leads me to
Woods of dreams and I follow
A new world waits for me
My dream, my way.

I know that if I have heaven
There is nothing to desire
Rain and river, a world of wonder
May be paradise to me.

I see the sun…
I see the stars…