Campfire

June 23 - Laredo, US/Mexico
Journal Entry 2 - "Campfire"

It is hot today, hotter than i can remember, a time for fire and light. This is the beginning....

Welcome to your life, you better wtach your steps,
Or they could turn to fire that could sear through your shoes
through your feet, move up your legs and eat away your heart
until you walk a path with love.
Then you could be happy and your feet and hands and head and heart will
get along comfortably, and you might even breathe easily.

Albeit obvious,
we hardly seek, but hope to find you there
(if we don't speak, no-one can lend an ear)
(we'll never die, we'll merely disappear)

Makes no difference how hard you try, for any period of time or length of distance
under any pressure, in any environment,
walk your path, but man you better watch your steps
they'll burst into flames if you don't pay the ground just a bit of respect
and walk your path with love
and thank the air above.

With anyone, with anything, or underneath a budding tree
no matter how much you've thought
or how much you've grown
or how much you've learned,
or how much you think you know,
or how much you've grieved,
or you've forgiven,
or how much you love,

You never know what tomorrow will bring.


Soon i will be off, sailing southeast into the Caribbean.

You Are Born Today

Okay, i have decided in light of recent events, and a sudden desire to, that i am going to post one song each day from an album that means alot to me. I know it seems quite a "cheesey" thing to do, posting song lyrics. But i see these songs not just as words just thrown onto paper, but meaningful verses that i wouldn't just type out onto the internet if i didn't think they wouldn't resonate with people. Their deeper meaning is hidden only by their simplicity. Plus the album they are from is one of the greatest albums of modern times, in my opinion at least.

I hope that you enjoy them at least half as much as i do. I'm putting these here so i can read them without having to refer to the booklet all the time! I also thought that certain people might enjoy them. The album is in a journal form, the actual lyrics sung in the song will be obvious.

Okay, because the album has an intro track, i shall post that along with the first "proper" track. Here goes....


June 22 - Somewhere in the desert.
Journal entry 1 - "Summer Solstice"

I can feel it in the air, i know that my time is approaching. The only caertainty i feel is the one for the memories i will gain in the coming months. I pray that i can grow from this experience....

I am the blade of grass
trembling in the breeze
affected by surroundings.

I am the lava
whose path nothing can stop
changing the land for better or for worse.

i am the forest
The one being cut down to size
Only the owls know the secrets that i keep.

I am the sail
the one standing in awe of the wind
Amazed by the great lengths it carries me.

I am a student
The one with an eager mind
I have the most left to learn.

All i see is white.

I can honestly say i haven't felt this way in years. It's as if i was born today, born to set sail the prairie.....