Waxing lyrical to the legends of music

Growing up,I listened to folk singer like Joan Baez Blowing in the wind and Woody Guthrie.It was an exciting time of counterculture of hippy make love not war,John Lennon's Give peace a chance.Men challenge the status quo with bell bottoms,floral shirts,long hair and head bands while women wore tie dyed and psychedelic clothes.The aura was vibrant with expectation and hope for youths would lead the progress forward.We rolled magazines to make paper beaded necklaces and wore jumpers and flounced gypsy skirts,big looped ear rings and platform shoes.
         It was a time of rebellious youth and guys with long hair were labelled wild and dangerous pot smoking trouble makers,banned entry to Singapore.
   Just got some lyrics to two great female folksingers and writers  Cosy Sheridien Woody Guthrie Watch Over Me -Sometimes I feel too much and Lui Collins The Friendship Waltz.Fine voices with lyrics that are so soulful.

I would welcome your presence back into my life
With an ear to ear grin,i would greet you on sight
I would danceuntil dawn,I would laugh at the rain
I would welcome your friendship again

We have chosen this distance,from a deep place of knowing
That each one of us may have space for growing
And the mirrorwe turn,and the honourwe share
Hold a promise to always be there

And though I well understand our paths drawn apart
I still feel the longing so deep in my heart
I will patiently wait till faith,hope,love,the trine
will invite us together in time

I can hear your soft voice on the phone line
I can see your sweet smile as it flits cross my mind
I can feel your heart,so full within mine
But I cannot look into your eyes

Waxing lyrical

Late October
by Maya Angelou


Carefully
the leaves of autumn
sprinkle down the tinny
sound of little dyings
and skies sated of ruddy sunsets
of roseate dawns
roil ceaselessly in
cobweb greys and turn
to black
for comfort

Only lovers
see the fall
a signal end to endings
a gruffish gesture alerting
those who will not be alarmed
that we begin to stop
in order simply
to begin
again.

A song by David Roth

Before I die

Before I die I want to be
The richest man in history
I want to have a wealth of friends
Abundant love that never ends

Before I die I want to find
A lover who is soft and kind
And one last piece of cherry pie
That's what I want before i die

Before I die I want to choose
Some different roads and avenues
i want to walk each one in peace
And all my obstacles release

Before I die I want to know
I've told you that I love you so
I love you so,I love you so
That's what I want you to know

Before I die i want to be
The richest man in history
And one last piece of cherry pie
that's what I want before i die.