The Souls Demands

This is the essence of Soul
       to pull spirit into ground
       to feel the heart moving
       to watch itself drifting
       from birth to death, death to birth
       to belong to itself

When there is a limit to suffering
the soul demands change

When there is no limit to joy
the soul cries

When the child who screams
for those that have left
screams no more, the soul demands that child
crawl inside the dark forgiving cave

When the sun burns a hole in consciousness
the soul floods in like air escaping
into the vacuum
left by space

when spirit stands between worlds
the soul feels the days becoming long
demands motion
calls for power

and the bee wakes at dawn

to retrieve the nectar life left overnight

in honeyed flowers.