Lest There Be :: Any Misunderstanding

I am here to stay
Just for a few days
I say the words slowly, carefully
In case they should believe
I wish to stay any longer

I am seeking
No more than sunshine and rain
Perhaps a stroll on Totnes Plains
Or an hour or two
In Dartington Hall's Meditation Garden

I did not mean to cry
But cry I must
Cry tears of joy
For the clumps of evening primrose

By the half-barrel
Full of pebbles and water
Outside 30 Victoria Road’s
Refurbished Old Stables

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Beside The Stream :: Beyond The Cross

Was it you
That I came here for
Or is it myself
That I seek out once more

Thistles by the stream
Pebbles in the water
Love of breath, and breeze
Alive, here and now; to so dream

Bird-box on the tree trunk
Lichen-cobwebs on the branches
Life of ages in each and every leaf
Alive, here and now; to so believe

The outcrop bears no names
No prior memories erupt
From the fierce-thrown granite
Alive, here an now; to so climb

Somehow we find symmetry
As in sunlight, as in shadow
As on balmy days also with rain
Alive, here and now; to so feel

To feel magnificent pleasure
To feel immeasurable pain

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The Last Time (Rolling Stones)

This could be the last time
Maybe
I don’t know
This short path to the last line
Perhaps
Fast-fast-fast then slow-slow-slow
Mick Jagger’s swagger and Keith Richard’s licks
Exciting the young girls
And thrilling the young boys

On their holy communion day tricks
This could be the last time
Maybe
I don’t know
Perhaps
Today and today and today and tomorrow
Alex’s poise for the Arctic Monkeys latest kicks
This sure could turn out to be the last line

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Imagine (John Lennon)

In the blink of an eye
In the closure of a door
In that last moment of why
In that step out onto the dance floor
In that walking together
Of an April afternoon
In that sunlit fair-weather
To spill a cup and a spoon

The blossom is full
As you prepare to say au revoir
The crystals colour the skull
As my words say mon amour ce soir
Afterwards I will try piece by piece
To build the memory of this day
To listen and to learn and to seize
On the all of the how
Of how and why I played

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I Send You This Cadmium Red (John Berger And John Christie)

A train to an aeroplane to another train
A taxi to a door to another door
A lift to an upper floor
To a waiting room
Where relatives sat in silence
Where relatives sat in tears
You entered yet another room
Only for you only for you now

Bright blue Atlantic surf
Signature light of St Ives
No time for clothes to be discarded
Time having hardly been on your side
A step and a stride and a leap or dive
Swimming and smiling and laughing
The letters would say thank you
The actions would say love

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