for whom
THE BELL AND THE BLACKBIRD
The sound
of a bell
still reverberating,
or a blackbird
calling
from a corner
of a
field.
Asking you
to wake
into this life
or inviting you
deeper
to one that waits.
Either way
takes courage,
either way wants you
to be nothing
but that self that
is no self at all,
wants you to walk
to the place
where you find
you already know
how to give
every last thing
away.
The approach
that is also
the meeting itself,
without any
meeting
at all.
That radiance
you have always
carried with you
as you walk
both alone
and completely
accompanied
in friendship
by every corner
of the world
crying
Allelujah.
…
THE BELL AND THE BLACKBIRD
Title poem from the upcoming book
‘THE BELL AND THE BLACKBIRD”
TO BE PUBLISHED
APRIL 2OTH 2018
© DAVID WHYTE AND MANY RIVER PRESS 2018
Available on Amazon Preorder
The life you clutch, hoard, guard, and play safe with is in the end a life worth little to anybody, including yourself, and only a life given away for love’s sake is a life worth living.
-Listening to Your Life
What do you compare life to when life is all you know?
Who do you blame when everyone is exactly the same?
How do you know what you’ve never known?
Why do scale the building when you’re not sure what you want?
Why do you bring a letter opener to a gun fight?
What do you clap for when the curtain has fallen and the actors have gone home?
When will your chance at fame and glory press the doorbell of transformation?
Seems like the only way to stay alive is to keep moving, even if it’s just upstairs to bed at night
and downstairs for coffee in the morning
Yes, the journey of any length begins with one step
‘Leg over leg the dog went to Dover…’
Don’t surrender before the first shots been fired
Eat when you’re hungry
Rest when you’re tired
Dance on the hard days
smell every flower while it blooms for you
and, like a very wise man once told me –
‘Always kiss your lady goodnight’
💋
Amy Lloyd
life: acoustic & amplified 