Falvlun

Oh no, no hard feelings whatsoever! I enjoy spirited discussions and I do not get bent out of shape when I'm wrong either. About the only thing that tics me off in here is blatant rudeness - and then I just quit corresponding with that particular person. Hope you have a great week and upcoming weekend!

A cold and wet November dawn
And there are no barking sparrows
Just emptiness to dwell upon.

I fell into a winter slide
And ended up the kind of kid who goes down chutes too narrow
Just eking out my measly pies.

But I learned fast how to keep my head up 'cause I
Know there is this side of me that
Wants to grab the yoke from the pilot and just
Fly the whole mess into the sea.

~an excerpt from Young Pilgrims, the Shins

Khalil Gibran:
I am forever walking upon these shores,
Betwixt the sand and the foam,
The high tide will erase my foot-prints,
And the wind will blow away the foam.
But the sea and the shore will remain
Forever.

It's an image of eternity that underlies reality, and beside which, all our lives, we are ever-walking, like a shore to an ocean. All the 'things' of the world around us are the foam on the crests of the waves that rise up from eternity.

Dan Fogelberg:
Pressed in the pages of some aging text
Lies an old lily, a'crumbling
Marking a moment of childish respect
Long since betrayed and forgotten

Time stills the singing a child holds so dear
And I'm just beginning to hear
Gone are the pathways the child followed home
Gone, like the sand and the foam

I'm confidently sure that Fogelberg was influenced by Gibran.

Foam in the waves = Gibran? Fogelberg? (not too dissimilar, come to think of it)
Three little birds = Marley?

Hi Falvlun! Are you well rested today? I certainly hope so because you are going to need every bit of your strength if you decide to read my new "Late Night Crazy Thoughts Thread."

Hey! How are you?

Friend Falvlun,
Welcome to RF.
Best Wishes.
Love & rgds