SEND OFF

I have been very lucky to be able to combine the talents of a young song writer in Sydney with my own poetry and between us we have produced a couple of pretty good audio clips.  This piece is one where both Tim and I wrote verses, and I then set them up to music and cut and spliced the audio together

You can hear the audio using this link

http://pool.abc.net.au/media/send


and here are the words.

Send Off

I send off the day with the welcoming fire

inviting the night to be taking me higher

burning away all that went wrong

and saving some pieces a place and a song,

calming myself I open my mind

to a new day, a new night and what I will find.

I send off the day with a wave and a smile

and thankful I am for the hours that beguile

with laughter and love and good neighbours, good cheer

Give thanks for good health and another blessed year.

Calming myself as I open my mind

and give praise for blessings so freely consigned.

I send off the day as the daylight expires

inviting the night to be taking me higher

enjoying time far from the maddening throng

and saving some pieces, a place and a song

recalling the joy.  Wishing peace to mankind

a new day, a new night, and what I will find.

And what will we find as a new day is dawning?

As night time retreats and we welcome the morning

When moon and the stars beat retreat from the sky

and birdsong breaks forth and the sun ventures high.

We’ll discover that life brings its own awards sweet

a friendship costs nothing but makes life complete. 

I send off the day with the welcoming fire

inviting the night to be taking me higher

with laughter and love and good neighbours, good cheer

Give thanks for good health and another blessed year.

a collaboration between

Tim Bishop and Maureen Clifford