And now for something completely different!
Last week I just had to post a most beautiful rendition of a brilliant age-old standard, “SEPTEMBER SONG” performed by my beloved honey, George Ball.
Today I am sharing with you something hot off the musical presses…a song so new it has yet to be performed except by me in my bathroom, and in this recording…a silly song of no great import, but one that was fun to write and hopefully to listen to.
I wrote this with my dear songwriting pal David Friedman , who asked me via e-mail one day if I was READY to go back out into the WORLD…into this NEW NORMAL.
Both of us quailed at the thought. And then we decided to write a song about our quailings. And here it is…THE NEW NORMAL.
And THANK YOU to all my beloved pals who contributed their photos of how they have been coping during this New Normal.
MORNING ABLUTION
I start the day
with poetry
I start the day
with prayer
the simple act
of believing
that something
beautiful
simple
powerful
ephemeral
is out there
willing to
come here
to my morning
heart
my pre-caffeinated
veins
A request for
peace
a receiving of
wisdom
from some other
soul
who sat at a
table
under a
tree
in a
cell
And breathed his
soul’s breath
her heart’s
dew
into the forever
air
In the sublime act of
faith
that someone
will read
will hear
will respond
will receive
will start the day
with poetry
or prayer
With Love & Music,
Amanda
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