HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE CITY?

Have you been to the city
Whose light bathes her in gold
Green hills swarm around her
Her secrets to unfold 

Whose daughters sing forever
Across the great divide
Have you been in the city
Stranded and denied? 

Have you been to the city
In lilac Easter time
Her children drift in daydream white
Along the Palatine   

They’re bearing gifts forever
Numbered, without name
Have you been to the city
Losing in a loser’s game? 

Have you been to the city
Inside a stranger world
You give yourself so easily
Senses unfurled 

What called you on forever
Mystery unbound
Were you there in the city
Thinking you had been found?