The Y of Man by Tony Ashenden

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The Y of Man

Unmarked, should you seek to follow   

- a narrow path can still be found           

by acolyte’s intent to pass                       

beyond reflection of the Sun.                 

 

These onward upping jagged stones      

will slope and crumble underfoot          

obscure your vision cause you doubt    

- each step from where you first begun. 

 

You will have read the holy books        

excised the mystery of their words        

know the pittance gained by study         

teaches you - it’s man not angel speak.  

 

The discoveries Archimedes made         

when dying with these telling words     

- do not disturb my circles - meant           

he had insight which was unique.          

 

Not written down - because no words    

express the genetic codicil                      

that angelic forces supplement               

- to show the narrow path we seek.                   

 

A power born that cannot die                 

- yet will cause the flesh much pain        

- too much and more than some can bear         

and these by name you will applaud      

 

writing their wrongs in history books    

extolling their purposing lives.               

Of them whose names we do not know 

who achieved the narrow path reward   

 

their ordeals were never public              

- did not grace the stone-built churches  

or kneel to kiss gold temple mats.          

Unaware you’d pass them in the street  

 

- or knowingly offend their looks.          

The causal powers inner force                

is alien to the Self we know                    

could even cause you to retreat.              

 

The Y of man is only known                  

by unrepentant savage souls                   

scurvy scarred child-like spirits    

Eureka saints who never own.      

 

Their common faces changing shape

loved and unremembered, pass by

- unknown by those who would aspire

to be lauded at heaven’s gate.

© Tony Ashenden

Tony Ashenden

Through a series of life-changing events, Tony began to practise as a medium and healer, founding a charity to train people to understand their psychic and spiritual selves. He created a Body-Mind philosophy which provides self-discovery of meditative forms of development. An advocate of complementary and alternative medicine and a believer in the unification of body, soul, and spirit, he dedicates his writing to the harmonious development of Man. “Life is real only then when I am.” MPlease visit his blog Mine Quick Voice of Aquarius  to see some of his work. His book “Tales of Bellerophon -On the Banks of the Shalimar”is available on Amazon.

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