Leonard Cohen - Anthem (Live in London) - YouTubeYouTube · LeonardCohenVEVO5.1M+ views · 5 years ago
I’m searching for the light
in spring … but there in the
dove gray of pre-dawn
I find my soul light flickers
too small a flame -
spirit wakes damp and broken running
streams of unending travails
broken winged doves
bells stilled - hope grounded -
cracked dreams and promises
I seek, the succor of spring
but the flame is too tiny
not enough to light the way
without help -
a candle, a flashlight, a tiny torch, a poem, a song
memory
something - to brighten
the unrelenting threat
of gloom …for even though
spring sashays her way
outside – winter still chills
my blood -in the broken dove
gray of pre-dawn waking
I search memories in that flat dove gray
until I find the feel of an infant
in my arms, satin skin
against my breast
and as the sun rises
I suckle myself in this
sudden conflagration
light rising from within
reborn in the memory
of milk and honeyed
days of frangipani and
endless sunlight
shimmering …
as sudden bells chime
doves lift skyward
yes, oh joyous yes,
"there is a crack in everything"
tis true "that's how the light gets in"
