THE SEEKER by Carol Rae Blake circa 1975/6

The seeker seeks his way steadfast and courageous
For the way is long and the load is heavy
But he knows he must go on for the call in him
is strong and steady.
He must seek the truth to still the questioning heart.

The pitfalls are many and sometimes too long
The way between the splendor and the glory
But he is young and the call within him
is strong and steady.

He has seen Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Color more brilliant than anyone has seen
Magnified and intensified
Mesmerized by the depths of their flaming brilliance

The truth, the light and the way...the core
of the new embryo of complete understanding.
The seeker has found his truth.

But no. The Demons came, ghoulish, grasping,
horrifying and beckoning the seeker to
follow them Into their hellish depths of
blackness and pain.
An illusion of the truth the seeker finds
and must go upon his way.

He sees the lowest depravity, cast-offs, rejects
pitiless creatures whose ghosts search for
they know not what.
But they are cells put together to form life and
therefore he must experience them, not completely
joining, but within their midst available to be
accepted or rejected. Part of his truth might be there.

He joins the company of the vagabond and the beauty
is great to his tired eye and weary soul and
he is refreshed and springs with new life
as he explores the glory of God in nature and the
earth he created. Another part of the truth
is here and he seals it in his heart and mind to
recall and bring forth like the spring water letting
it cleanse and purge the past.

The seeker seeks and his youth yearns
for the truth to bring silence and
quiet and peace of mind.

Is the truth within or in the world outside
All has a part in the seeker's mind
To look in the face of all mankind
The successful, the wholesome, the sick and the blind.

He will search on
and be all he can strive to be
He will find the truth as he journeys on
For he has the beauty of youth and
is courageous and strong.

The seeker is a child of God and will be
guided night and day
Kept safe as his questioning heart takes
him on his way

To the journey's end which will be the
beginning... for the truth the way
and the light
Is the beginning to God and the highest of heights.

God bless the seeker.


The Seeker was written by Carol Rae Blake
after morning coffee and conversation with me
in 1975/6. My mother reproduced this piece
and sent it to me 25 years later. I have
reproduced it just as she sent it to me.

Carol Rae was our next door neighbor in
in Whittier, California, while I was growing up.
She has since passed from Leukemia.
God rest her soul.