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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