Name: The Approaching Of The Light
Duration: P00H04M15S
Description: I wrote this for Alan Muggeridge, but it's also appeared as poetry in my book Snapshot Of A Soul In Transit, dedicated to Jane Fromont, who also died of cancer, too soon.

The Approaching Of The Light

from The Light And The Shadowland by Mark Laurent

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I wrote this for Alan Muggeridge, but it's also appeared as poetry in my book Snapshot Of A Soul In Transit, dedicated to Jane Fromont, who also died of cancer, too soon.

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THE APPROACHING OF THE LIGHT

I sit by your bedside in my mind
Holding your hand so frail in mine
How does it feel for you, my friend?
Both of us know that it’s the end
There’s not a lot that I can give
Except for a hug and a prayer
And there’s not a lot that you can take
When it’s time to step out of here.

We don’t talk about this thing too much
It’s the one thing that comes to all of us
And life gets more precious as years go by
The oftener we have to say goodbye
And there is no substitute
No way of opting out
The light and the shadow land
Stand beyond faith or doubt.

I sit by your bedside, my friend
Neither of us will pass this way again
Just like the flowers by the road
Now we are here and now we go
But I will remember you
And tell your story in the night
That there is no need to fear
The approaching of the light.

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from The Light And The Shadowland, released February 28, 2001
Guitar & vocal - Mark Laurent

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Mark Laurent Auckland, New Zealand

I've been a professional guitarist/singer/songwriter for 40 years, & I've recorded & worked on many albums. I'm also an author with 4 collections of poetry & an illustrated children's storybook published, & I've written articles & reviews for various magazines. I live in Auckland, New Zealand. As well as cafes, concerts & churches I also do a bit of busking to keep in touch with the 'real world'. ... more

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