» Listings for May 2014

1. Songs for men to chant - "Let's light a light"

   Posted on 5:07pm Thursday 15th May 2014

   Let’s light a light.

    

   You’ve hidden your light,

   You’ve dimmed your joy.

   So let’s light a light

   And dispel the darkness.

    

   You’ve tried to please,

   You played it small.

   So let’s light a light

   And dispel the darkness.

    

   Sitting in the shadows won’t get you seen

   Sitting alone won’t make you friends.

   So let’s light a light

   And dispel the darkness.

    

   Sitting quiet won’t get your song sung,

   Sitting still won’t get your voice heard.

   So let’s light a light

   And dispel the darkness.

    

   They’d rather you dimmed your light

   So others don’t own theirs.

   They’d rather you hid in the shadows

   So others don’t step out

   So let’s light a light

   And dispel the darkness.

    

   They’d rather you dumb

   So others don’t laugh

   They’d rather you numb

   So others don’t dance

   So let’s light a light

   And dispel the darkness.

    

   You’ve been given the tools to shine bright

   You’ve been given the joy to share

   So let’s light a light

   And dispel the darkness.

    

   You’ve been given challenges to burnish

   You’ve been given inspirations to sparkle

   So let’s light a light

   And dispel the darkness

   And live.

   Sh

2. Tales of love and confusion - Hiraeth

   Posted on 3:57pm Tuesday 6th May 2014

    

   Hiraeth

   A longing to return to a place I think I knew,

   Even though I’ve never been there.

   A desire to walk back into your arms,

   Even though we’ve never met.

   A want to sing songs that I remember,

   Even though I’ve never heard them.

    

   There are flowers I can see

   Which I’ve never touched.

   There are trees I’ve hugged

   Which I’ve never reached for.

   There are names I hear,

   Which I’ve never called.

    

   Away from this madness,

   There is a sanity which I yearn for.

   Away from this hubbub,

   There is a stillness which I look for.

   Away from these possessions

   There are treasures which I would own.

   Away from this loneliness

   There is a union I would reach.

   Away from this horde

   There is a face I want to see.

    

   When even childhood is a dream,

   There is a maturity I would attain.

   When even happiness is an illusion,

   There is a reality I would embrace.

    

   There are fields I’ve never walked,

   But I want to see us there.

   There are forests I’ve never entered,

   But I want to hear us laugh there.

   There are wines I’ve never tasted,

   But I want to taste us drunk on them.

   There are words I’ve never said,

   But I want to feel us smile at them.

   There are beginnings I’ve never recalled,

   But I want us to imagine them.

   There are endings I’ve never glimpsed

   But I want us to live them.

   Sh

   Hiraeth - (noun) A homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past.