Life spent lfeless and asleep
Till deep inside the need to be awoke
Hurt untangled and surprised me
That living brought such pain
Yet striving ever closer to the light
I found the dross that had gathered round me, alseep
Was stripping back and falling away
And I saw more the brilliant fever of the day.
Awake alive and loving every sod of dirt
The pain, the joy the light all mingled as one.