Lavender
If you'd like to try your hand
at understanding Lavender
then you must be very sure
that life is not a game...
You won't need a reason
just to be alone with Lavender
for her light so warm and pure
will draw you like a flame...
(Approaching Lavender - Gordon Lightfoot)
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I gave myself the name of Lavender
Oh, it was so long ago
in the very first meadow
among the fireflies and the honeysuckle
when no one else had yet awakened
from the dream we had shared.
I stood alone and viewed the world
as it looked before the first sunrise,
starlight reflecting from the waters
rippling gently upon swaying branches
of yet un-named trees.
In the wild unknown fullness of night
which others such as I still feared
where countless things had not yet appeared
I stepped forth sensing the land's desire
and finally came to rest upon a hill
lulled by the call of a whippoorwill.
When I awoke from my sleep
the long night stretched forth beyond time
under a canvas of spinning stars
and a soft glow surrounded me:
the land's open invitation to explore
all the veiled things she had in store.
I rose from my bed of sweetgrass
forever endowed with the fragrance of life,
the touch of the flowers of Earth --
for such was the name of the world I beheld
when I was called to awaken from my dream --
and from the hill gushed forth a young stream.
Many years, long and short, have passed
and Earth, awakened under sun and moon
filled with light-seeking life blossomed wildly
in rash and spontaneous joy --
but came the starless darkness and I cried
as in the endless burning so much died.
Though hidden now in cares and sorrows,
my earth body changed, aged, worn, broken --
in heart I remain true to my awakening dream
and still upon a hopeful earth I choose to wander.
I remain the same as on my first night, Lavender
whose breath retains the freshness of flowers
which now grow but between endless tombs.
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Oh, sweet Lavender
your smile is like the golden sun;
I'd love to see you laugh and run
as naked as the sea
Oh sweet Lavender
as fragrant as the name you bear
please cast away the clothes you wear
and give your love to me...
(Approaching Lavender - Gordon Lightfoot)
Sha'Tara the Grey
I too, still love Gordon Lightfoot's music...
Carole...love and peace
Love Tinka
Felix
Sage