Oh what a beautiful Morning,
I was there walking with My River
And there before me in this dawn light
Shone the full moon.
I walked towards it
Glorying in its beauty and wonder.
It shined on me leading me into my future
And I rose towards it,
Being pulled by this glorious sight.
One day I will reach it
And from there take off,
Take off into eternity with my lover.
We will tour the infinite Universe
With our love propelling us once more,
Into the glory of our life together.
My River and I were walking in harmony
On this wonderful chill frosty morning,
The Full Moon guiding me along My Path,
The Glory of Nature surrounding me.
My River so calm and beautiful
In Dawns early light.
I turned found and there it was,
The Sun was lighting the horizon
In bright oranges and yellows.
I was there,
I was there in Natures full glory,
The Moon guiding me,
And the Sun pushing me,
Pushing me into my glorious life.
At peace within myself,
And at one with the Glory of Nature.
As we go through our lives
Sometimes we want it to change.
Things may be going wrong,
Life may be a struggle.
So we go looking,
Looking for someone to change our life.
It can be a long hard struggle
But with experience of life
We eventually come to realise
That in looking for that person,
That person who will change our life
All we have to do is look,
Look in the mirror.
There I was driving along,
Quite happily going to a shop.
Music playing in the car
As always,
When this piece started,
Started playing.
I have heard it so many times,
I have played it,
I have sung it.
So what was different this time?
Because as I listened
Tears came to my eyes.
Why did it happen this time?
I was in a good place in my life,
All was going well.
I may have changed
And my loving emotions
Are more prevalent,
Music always affects me,
Sometimes with tears
But this piece I know so well.
So why did the tears come,
These tears of emotion,
Come this time.
Yet again I stop.
The power that music has over me
Makes me stop and listen.
I have to listen,
I become the music
As it goes through my body
To my heart and mind.
I seem to leave my body
And follow the notes into the ether
As they sail away to infinity,
Always there for me to hear.
I walk alongside My River
In dawn’s early light,
The clear water shrouded in mist.
The green grass at her side
Whitened with frost.
Nature’s beauty and wonder
Showing me how wonderful it is.
The sun shines through the mist
Bringing Nature’s art into my eyes,
The trees and landscape unfocussed
As the light comes through to me,
Through the mist highlighting this wondrous time,
A time unique in life but caught in my mind.
As I walk on the mist clears.
My River now in focus,
It’s clear green waters are back with me,
Enjoying Natures comfort,
As I walk along my path of life.
I look up into the morning sky,
The blue interrupted by white,
The white of the clouds.
In the height clouds just flow,
Flow slowly and gently by.
But beneath those clouds are others
As if in a morning rush hour,
Hurrying over the sky
As if late for an appointment.
But strangely in their rush
They are going the other way.
If I were a cloud I would want to be
One of those clouds on high,
Gently moving against the rush,
Moving the other way,
To those below me.
I walk the streets and see these people
Looking down at their screens,
Wires dangling from their ears,
No interest in what’s happening around them.
Others walk and their faces so sad
As though the troubles of the world weigh them down.
I walk from the streets into nature
And still they are there,
Missing so much of the glory around them.
Just looking down,
Not a smile to be seen.
I walk my life in happiness
Despite any troubles in my life
I am still here,
And each day I get up
I know my life is good.
The smile comes upon my face
And I know that smile
Will be seen by all that I pass
When I walk the streets,
Or walk with Nature.
Why does it happen to me?
Suddenly I hear some music
And my world stops
As the sound penetrates my mind,
Goes through my heart
Into my soul.
The tears flow from my eyes
As music so wonderful
Reaches me from the heart of the player
As she blows the wonder of her music
Into the ether,
And forever for me to bathe
In the wonder of her sound.
My path to Paradise was started so many years ago
As Dufay, Tallis, Byrd and Dowland put notes down
Only to be modernised by Bach and Handel
As they led the way for Mozart to stun the world
Which woke up Beethoven and Tchaikovsky
To produce their wonderful way with notes
The glory of Verdi and Puccini’s words in music
Showing the way for Rachmaninoff and Scriabin
For Mahler, Debussy, Sibelius and Ravel
To move forward to the place that others took
And Barber, Cage and Reich moved forward
To that place where Richter and Adams continue
To pave my way to Paradise.
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