Willow
Karmic Days
by Mark Laurence
4y ago
When I came to you, willow tree that last clear summer’s evening, when I told you that I loved you, you whispered secrets to me of the many things you’d seen.   Oh willow! Standing there so long, great limbs outstretched as if to reach infinity-sky. The caress of your rough bark to me felt as good as making love, almost.   So long you have grown by the path by the water meadows Where often I have gone to think. And at your feet lies a stream whose sweet depths I would stare.   Still waters run deep! For you carry my soul with you flowing and gone, yet forever here. The gr ..read more
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Vitality
Karmic Days
by Mark Laurence
4y ago
I stand. Cold wind blows through my hair Hard rain stings my cheek Clouds roll dark above me. Vitality. The pain of awareness intensifies. Lightening stabs in sharp relief. Trees bend & crack. Mortality. LIFE. So harsh, majestic It takes a razor’s edge To slice through to Reality. The sting of blood From a thorn driven deep reaches my consciousness, Awakens my Vitality. March 1987 ..read more
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Lament
Karmic Days
by Mark Laurence
4y ago
What end do life’s errands run What guides my feet upon what way? Wither do great friends go when Darkness comes between & paths divide? What makes the keening of great friendship Is peril & fear the only true way? When other can the quality of life Shine through this dull monotony. True Souls! Where are you in this world keen heart! So will I ever know you? No pang of bitterness nor pain, or of Joyfulness is there in all my days. Where now the warrior, arms shining bright, Where so, Aragorn, Eomer or Elrond? Where is the man, true of purpose Deep meaning to his ev ..read more
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Freedom Bound
Karmic Days
by Mark Laurence
4y ago
Freedom Bound Today my heart is freedom bound Yesterday’s darkness is gone, but not forgotten. No! Never to forget such pain. Today I laugh Yesterday I wept as if forever. So now I sing and give thanks for the weeping. For the Understanding it has given. My sorrow-joy Is all one in the keening of life. I walk the path forever alone, yet chance to meet other travelers upon this dusty road. God’s all pervading Love is within; the Wonder of Life is all about. I share it here and there, But feel it strongest when on my own. I look out Under vast open skies, walk down into Valleys stee ..read more
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Spatial Deeps
Karmic Days
by Mark Laurence
4y ago
Each person’s Soul shines, shines brightly, like a star And there are countless millions in the sky. It should make this world so bright, clear, yet Between each lies vast chasms like Unplumbed depths of night. Oblivious of warmth, comfort, Who knows how to bridge this gap? Ride, riding hurled and dazed upon Intergalactic Winds, sweeping the Cosmos Moving from point to point, light to light, Trying, try to fill the gap If only briefly, moving on, On, even if you want to, Need to, stay; feeling close to one Whose Soul sings sweetly, swe ..read more
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Wild Night
Karmic Days
by Mark Laurence
4y ago
In the wilds of a violent night When keen winds draw my mind away And the stars scream at me, strongly From my bedside I smell Africa! In the desolation of my Soul From the haunted streets and pavements As polluted rain falls on me, tainting I remember my far-seeing eye. By a lamp in the dark At a desk, with pencil scrawling I try to find my sanity and Throw doors open wide! From a rift within my forehead I can feel the power pushing Erupting out and reaching up to know That dark, wild, scented solitude. Awake from slumber, my Spirit ..read more
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Release
Karmic Days
by Mark Laurence
4y ago
Today, under a clear harvest sky Where late afternoon Sun turned high clouds into gold At Figsbury Ring I looked to God And gave to Him a love that had Burned so deep inside. I looked out over clear, warm, lands Sucked in the vastness of the sky And cried for you; My Soul rejoiced life’s bitter-sweetness, The keening stir of sadness at losing that Which I had never had. Through flames to ashes and dust I released My hopes and fears to His safekeeping, To do with as He would; For the ways of the World are wide, And many paths and err ..read more
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Destiny
Karmic Days
by Mark Laurence
4y ago
Destiny calls me I hear her voice, Softly whispering In endless caress. Into those gaps that occur In daily life, Those moments when activity lulls Into silence And the whole world stands listening – Then I hear her alluring song: Come, come! The wilds are drawing me Into their deadly arms, From whose crooning lullaby I May never reawaken. Oblivion and wild sunsets Haunt me, Following silently wherever I go. I turn about, quickly As if to find revealed This fallen Angel taunting me; But She is never there ..read more
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Continental Drift
Karmic Days
by Mark Laurence
4y ago
My left foot is numb My right arm disconnected Little of my brain functions any more Perhaps it never did. Can I still write? Can I still think And feel? Is there rebirth and a new awakening again, After awakening again, after again… So many times I have Fallen asleep Sleep-walked thru most of my life. I feel the need for Blood to stir, I shake the chains That shackle me. Impotent… Only in the deepest recess of my Mind do I find a hint of Freedom Like a chink in the clouds, a brief ray of sun, Shut out again. Gone. So long I hav ..read more
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