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Jan 28, 2019
John Mcdermott's songs are some of the most beautiful I know. The understanding given by his lyrics coupled with folk music as lovely always causes emotion in me. As my own mother nears the end of her life, it is even more touching, she and I having always been a little vain, and that we too have also shared an appreciation of the feelings John's songs generate, over the years- though neither of us would often say so. To me this song speaks of beauty in youth, maturity and until the last days of life, fresh cheeks as petals giving rise to an internal calm as we move to greet God. It is about saying goodbye and I will remember you with love, hasta maniana (until we meet again).
Jan 21, 2019
Jan 21, 2019
The sea took a poem.
That led to my questions and my voice,
As a slow boat lost in the foam.
It asked that I did not turn without having seen the high seas.
And in dreams speak of what had been seen.
Even if I was not to come back;.
I would know, if I traveled my entire life by the blue calm,
Only in storms to capsize, that it would matter little if I expected to return or depart.
I waited, so long-
(the message you forgot), to return to see;.
And so It lost that poem.
I screamed to the Heavens all my bitterness.
I've found him at last, but written in the sand as a prayer.
The sea struck in my veins and in my heart.