In Memoriam

[David]

The greatest blessing is to look back on the vastness of life & feel its warmth & its sweetness.

We experience the interconnectedness of all mankind in our individual nostalgic longings; & all our experiences, finally, become a single experience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLVyRvp2Qbg

You probably have favorite movies whose evocative powers speak to you of these things, that soothe your fears, that stir your yearnings to speak, again, to your brothers & sisters, long dead in the Earth.

(For Neon, for John & for Frank. . . )

The promise of living
With hope and thanksgiving
Is born of our loving
Our friends and our labor

The promise of growing
With faith and with knowing
Is born of our sharing
Our love with our neighbor

The promise of loving
The promise of growing
Is born of our singing
In joy and thanksgiving

For many a year I’ve know these field
And know all the work that makes them yield
Are you ready to lend a hand?
We’re ready to work, we’re ready to lend a hand
By working together we’ll bring in the harvest,
the blessings of harvest

We plow plant each row with seeds of grain,
And Providence sends us the sun and the rain
By lending an arm
Bring out the blessings of harvest
Give thanks there was sunshine,
Give thanks there was rain,
Give thanks we have hands
To deliver the grain

O let us be joyful,
O let us be grateful to the Lord
For his blessing

The promise of living
The promise of growing
The promise of ending
Is labor and sharing and loving