“Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.” - André Gide
This week, The New What’s Going Blog has set as its theme: “The Things I’ll Remember”. Memory is a powerful force in our life and is indispensable to our wellbeing and health - one only has to look at the dire effects of dementia… My poem looks at a perfect memory that will persist till the moment I’ll no longer be able to remember or think of anything anymore…
The Starry Sky
On a clear and dark night
We gaze up and see stars;
Cold and clear is their light,
Burning in the small hours.
Your hand’s in my hand,
Our breaths synchronised;
We sit still on the sand
Making memories prized.
High up all the planets align,
Our arms firmly entwine;
Hear the music of spheres,
That’s delight to our ears.
How the sky conspires
With its starry bonfires,
Our true love to inflame
Lighting our heart’s flame.
While we wait for the dawn,
We embrace and we kiss;
Wide-eyed we look on,
Not a moment to miss.
As a star falls from above,
We wish never to part,
And swear that our love
Will forever be in our heart.
High up all the planets align
While our arms firm entwine;
Hear the music of spheres
That’s delight to our ears.
How the sky conspires
With its starry bonfires,
Our true love to inflame
Lighting our heart’s flame.
This week, The New What’s Going Blog has set as its theme: “The Things I’ll Remember”. Memory is a powerful force in our life and is indispensable to our wellbeing and health - one only has to look at the dire effects of dementia… My poem looks at a perfect memory that will persist till the moment I’ll no longer be able to remember or think of anything anymore…
The Starry Sky
On a clear and dark night
We gaze up and see stars;
Cold and clear is their light,
Burning in the small hours.
Your hand’s in my hand,
Our breaths synchronised;
We sit still on the sand
Making memories prized.
High up all the planets align,
Our arms firmly entwine;
Hear the music of spheres,
That’s delight to our ears.
How the sky conspires
With its starry bonfires,
Our true love to inflame
Lighting our heart’s flame.
While we wait for the dawn,
We embrace and we kiss;
Wide-eyed we look on,
Not a moment to miss.
As a star falls from above,
We wish never to part,
And swear that our love
Will forever be in our heart.
High up all the planets align
While our arms firm entwine;
Hear the music of spheres
That’s delight to our ears.
How the sky conspires
With its starry bonfires,
Our true love to inflame
Lighting our heart’s flame.
The poem is set to music, and you can find all my music in my Instagram site “Otidorchestre” channel or listen to it on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, Deezer, Flo, Pandora, and other music sharing sites.
Wow, Nick, you have outdone yourself with this one! The poem is gorgeous and I really like the repetition of the "high up" stanza. It really works. But put to music, this is ethereally beautiful!!!!!!!!!! The instrumental opening is mystical and Dianella's voice is really really lovely. What a gift your post is to end a hard year and begin one we hope will have more beauty in it. Thank heaven for the creative arts.
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ReplyDeleteOur arms firmly entwine . . . "
There's lots of alignment going on in this poem! I like the amassing of images of love. May it live in your memory forever. Once again, I enjoyed listening, too!
Beautifully written
ReplyDeleteOh, it is wonderful to have such a perfect memory like this one, one that is always available to you, one which will sustain you and comfort you to the very end! Happy New Year, Nick.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't get much better than this beautiful shared moment with your true love. As Mary said it will sustain and comfort you to the very end.Happy New Year !
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautifully atmospheric and loving poem - you capture the magic of nature and love so well - Jae
ReplyDeleteI nursed my Mother thru five years of Alzheimer's and Lewy Body dementia ... the last five years of her precious life. I know well what you have shared so beautifully, soulfully.
ReplyDeleteWhatever I say will be an understatement about the beauty of this poem. I still can't get over these lines : "..............our love
ReplyDeleteWill forever be in our heart."---No utterance only silence sustains love. So true.
You have captured the heart of romance. I love the quote. you used.
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