My dear friend and co-worker, Donna, traveled with her family to a Florida beach in May 2015. Due to multiple issues with a daughter-in-law, the retreat was often an opportunity to relieve herself of the trials this family member put upon Donna's grandsons and son. It was while she was on this trip, that I decided to write this expression of how the beach can affect one's life.
I hope you took a walk for me
On the beach of course that leads to the seaIt is there that I feel the wind blow strongAnd from my life take away all that is wrongThe waves crashing, the gulls callingAs I walk away from all in my life that is fallingSpray from the waves just wound round my feet, my soul, my lifeEach step forward and many more left behind in the strifeTake it away Old Man of the SeaAnd bury my troubles far away from meThe silence is not really silence, no it is not quiet at allFor it was IN THE BEGINNING that He made the callTo breathe life into the heavens and the earthIt is here that new life seems to give birthI never grow tired of the feelingIf I had wings, the beach my runway, the wind to carry me for the sky hath no ceilingIt is here again that I cherish the moments where I can beMy heart, my mind, my body are for just a moment let loose and freeFor a minute, how I wish it could be more than an hourFor me to hide in the never ceasing caressing winds that express so much powerMust I return to reality, a place you have momentarily taken me fromThe time spent with you in words I can not sumThe time spent with you my soul did renewIt was time to work out the things that were askewSo dear friend as you walked the sands each dayA time for you and loved ones to be awayMy hope for you was that just for a spellYou take some time for yourself and on the beach our Lord to tellOf the beauty of the heavens and of the earthAnd everything that has since given birthAnd selfish me as I thought of you thereI knew that you would not have one, no not one, single careSo, I hope it was there that you took a walk for meOn the beach of course that leads to the sea
No comments:
Post a Comment