Saturday 15 September 2018

in tuition

take let be give share receive pull push take my bass to church take my heart to heaven take my pens to concerts take bag for life to shop take a drink of water take care when crossing roads take my bike to gym take a walk around the lake take a good long breath take soon a gentle swim let your eyes rest upon the trees and hills let other people love you let others have their space let a cup of tea reward you let your body hear as Evelyn Glennie's does let your ears start seeing like the blind boy who has taught himself to ride and balance upon walls be gentle with your friends and family still more with strangers knowing any may be angels or themselves the lord beattitudes beautiful benecolence be 'me' give way give hope but don't give up and don't give in give time a chance to heal give time to broken pieces give the magic you contain to give shelter to the fragive as you put good things back together all the things your mind and fingers gathered jim ha ve a happy time again share words upon the net share eye contact with that girl share hope share seeds share drawings instruments share insights share both learning and the constant give to give others space time respect and care to breathe in and out and oneselfishness unlearn receive word of all that's holy from good sources and strange places
share the homes of everyone own nothing let go to understand and to discern share time a cuppa with another passing strangers do befriend receive their lives their stories gifts their present moment unwrap the receiving both look outwards receive others to the open fold don't wrap or close or cul de sac not the end f the receiving life divine pull oneself together pull apart the lids of jars pull flowers from your sleeves pull up a chair pull faces pull up cars pull up the sap pull up the strength pull cords pull up your pants pull up the weights pull the oars of memories pullovers pull push the supermarket trolley pull blaackberries along old Beeching's sissassembled railway walk pull flowers known as weeds pull up bible quotes 'consider flowers of the fields' twixt cobbles tarmac modern concrete streets thistle daisies seed heads push away all folly push away all greed push away all thoughts of getting even and push the soil the stones the earth unbury tenderly the buried misused donkey self who stubbornly gave in to being buried push such thoughts and enslavery away push no litter in the letterbox of ocean tide r sea deliver snail mail by hand push the keys before you be they mobile phone keyboard or c.d push away all judgements push give birth you have a new life now push the foul stuff into compost heaps and potters fields waste not the talent start reshioning the clay push the lead and plugs of heartbeat melody lines go noodle bass guitar music's birth from Mary's womb i ask you you ask you ha Sunday's weekly oar to pull and push off the boat that bowman helps the souls agathered feel the current flowing free mother God gives current hope present faith dip my fingers just like baby steps baptised sacrimental every minim crotchet quaver semibreve and humble hemi semi demi reminder that the measure slips and slides to heartbeating not by effort nor indeed by human mind yet constantly take let be give share receive pull push intuition internet cold feet are rug neath dsk back here again just a rhyme a moment chilly 66 year old fab knees

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