Experience

“What past experience have you had?” they asked…

then she laughed to herself—

(I’ve sat on the thrones of the pharaohs

and begged for alms in the streets,

fought hand to hand in fierce battles

and prayed in cloistered retreats.

I’ve drunk many a cup of sorrow

in Life’s feast of fear and love,

and savoured the sweetness of Spirit

here and in the vast heavens above..)

November, 1996

Flowerpoet