IT WAS RIGHT AFTER DAWN
WHEN I SET OUT TO WALK
THE BEACH ON
NEW YEARS DAY
MANY MANY MOONS AGO
SO CLOSE
BUT FAR AWAY,
I WAS SEARCHING
AND YEARNING
EXCITED AND
CHURNING
TUMBLING MY MIND
IN A DIFFERENT PLAY:
WONDERING WHAT
WAS IN STORE,
DIGGING MY TOES
IN THE SOFTEST
WHITE SAND,
HOPING TO FIND
SOMETHING MORE,
AND SOON THERE
WAS MUSIC
ALIVE IN MY HEAD,
IT STARTED BEFORE
WHEN I WOKE
IN MY BED,
NOTHING UNUSUAL
MOSTLY THE NORM
I HEAR THE STRONG
MELODIES AND THE
WORDS THEY PERFORM,
PERHAPS IT’S A GIFT
AS SOME WOULD SAY
I CAN CAPTURE THE SOUNDS
IN A DIFFERENT WAY
LIKE MY OWN LITTLE
PLAYER
GIVEN FROM GOD
THE MUSICAL PRAYER
WHILE MOSTLY AWARE
OF OTHER THINGS
MOVING IN TANDEM,
I WALKED ON THE SAND
SPLASHING AT RANDOM
FOR MILES AND MILES
NOT ANOTHER SOUL’S
SMILE
(NOR WINK DID I SEE)
THE FIRST DAY WAS
ALL MINE, AT LEAST FOR
THE TIME, THE QUEST OF
MY HISTORY,
THE SONG THAT I HEARD
GOING BACK
WORD FOR WORD
WAS ABOUT THE GENIUS
OF DREAMS
A MAN WHO CHANGED FATE
FOR THOSE WHO
WOULD WAIT
TO HEAR ABOUT
BRILLIANT SLY SCHEMES,
HIS LEGEND OF MIND
FOR ALL OF MANKIND
WAS A STORY THAT
PROMPTED MY HEART
AND MADE SUCH
A SPARK
THAT I STOPPED FOR
AWHILE ON MY STROLL,