Barry Flanagan & Hugh Cornwell
“Mantra of the Awoken Powers”
1998
in a copse of blackthorn he cut a stave
then went beside my heart where I never went
then saw the place I was in that I never saw
then heard the songs I sang that I never heard
then said the words I spoke that I never said
and by a rocky shore he trapped a fish
then came to the mind where I never came
then thought the thoughts I thought that I never thought
then made the promises I made that I never made
then broke the hearts I broke that I never broke
then kissed the lips I kissed that I never kissed
and in a bush of furze he caught a bird
then fell into the soul where I never fell
then killed the hope I killed that I never killed
then breathed the breath I breathed that I never breathed
then weaned the child I weaned that I never weaned
then lost the self I lost that I never lost
and in my hand I held a stave
and in my mouth I held a fish
and with my foot I held a bird
and I was alive though he was dead
and I moved though he was still
and I remain though he remaineth not
- John W. Sexton
