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Lark Ascending

“Lark Ascending" We sleep through the worst of it all, snake bit prospects thin sometimes we give sometimes we give in our losses add credits to the win we keep warm our dreams hold close our transparent lost loves as if they will never leave that we may be given some cruel kindness that we may give folly’s chance forgiveness, a peaceful reprieve We sleep through the worst of it all mostly vacant we the constant push the believe there is hope held in love's heart disparate with dark night's wandering in sleep in the widening smile of day-breaking light we embrace the ever fixed mark we raise our eyes tempests to the shine we remain unshaken standing firm in numbers not judging love too harshly nor loving the judgement fueled by the reckless speaking of tongues the mindless dross of whispering, diablos in the ignorant misunderstanding we look to the North of bitter disenchantment “it is the star to every wandering bark whose worth’s unknown” “within his bending sickle’s compass comes” the sun will always rise just as the singing lark ascends (LadyLabyrinth / 2021) "The Lark Ascending" / Vaughan Williams" https://youtu.be/FaO0432Gl18 "The Song on the Lark", poem, David Whyte https://youtu.be/cEFL-XMRXB0 "Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, the painter?" "Song of the Lark", painting 1884 Artist: Jules Adolphe Breton French, 1827-1906 Sonnet 116

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Lady Labyrinth

Date: 4/27/2021 2:07:00 PM

“If we shadows have offended, think but this and all is mended, that you have but slumber’d here, while these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream.”