“CELEBRATING BEING FAMILY WITH MY WILD MOUNTAIN NEIGHBORS”a poem from my days of building our homestead and new life in the wilderness Plus “Forever Young” by Bob Dylan
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SOUL by Chinmayan
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JOURNEY Of The HEART Section # 577 Poetry and Love songs by Chinmayan
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CELEBRATING BEING FAMILY WITH MY WILD MOUNTAIN NEIGHBORS “It’s a shame and a pity That you were raised up in the city And don’t know nothin’ about Country ways…” —Country Joe and The Fish My little lamp Casts a circle of light On the page And leaves the wide Darkness around Us untouched. Through the window I see stars spinning In a crisp diamond sky. Inside, we friends and neighbors Linger in the many rooms Lit by candles and kerosene lamps While some play mellow guitars And sing old folk songs Around the wood stove. Here in the mountains, No one pretends To be what they are not Nor is anyone judged For being who they are. The folks look me In the eye as if we were Old friends who have just Met after years apart and When they choose to Softly speak their mind, I feel at home and happy To be among my own kind. Several generations of country People have gathered From near and far To celebrate their being family During this day of sincerely Giving grateful thanks for all the Good and all the blessings Of hard life on their homesteads And farms in the wilderness— And though I am Just a neighbor From down the road, I am treated as if I were kin— I am grateful for The lack of pressure To fit in, For in these mountains I belong as easily As any old friend. Outside the endless forest And ridges ring About the house Like sentinels of peace And somewhere out there Among the swaying trees Our voices blend back Into the vast silence— Just as in these luminous hours, Our souls have merged Into a circle of one Bright harmony that will Stay lit inside our hearts Long after we have gone Our separate wistful ways. November 27, 1986 Thanksgiving on First Gate Road
Calligraphyby Chinmayan
A PERFECT SONG TO GO WITH THIS POEM…One of the most profound and beautiful songs by Bob Dylan singing a special blessing for his son…and for all of us!
With complete lyrics for easy sing along!
“FOREVER YOUNG” BY Bob Dylan, with complete poetic lyrics…
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