As tears drip from fountains of tribulation
Sunlight caresses soul
Of a warmer day
As adulation moves mountains and nations
His hand grabs mine, I now feel bold
I move out of darkness, lifeless clay
No need to live off of what is thought as better days
But, to feed off of the seed of heaven's gates
For the warmth of the past, childhood memories
Are swallowed up in the torrent fire, blissful haze.
This is another piece about reflecting back onto a simpler time as a boy in the late 80's and early 90's. The song came out in the summer of 1991 and I remember the warmth of the Alabama sun on my skin as I would sit under a tree in a field of daisies wondering how my life would turn out as an adult or on the sheltering sand of Florida's Gulf Coast. Such a daydreamer I was and still am. I then thought the possibilities would be endless. No one I knew had died, whether it be friends my age, older adults or anyone in my family. There was not mortgage, no daily grind and no disillusionment. The nucleus of my world was sheltered, warm and comfortable. I never imagined it would change. A time that seemed less opaque and that brought much more possibility out the fountain of humanity. MARTIKA'S song "Love Thy Will Be Done" initially written by the late artist PRINCE influenced this entire piece. Prince's death symbolized, as did this song, the death of a time of hope, a time of sunshine into my soul, but the hope of warmth far greater to come. A shearing warmth the burns out all pain and loss. As tears come down my face as I write this piece and analysis I finish this work with the hope that one day GOD will rectify all that is lost as I enter heaven's gates. He and his kingdom will be a radiant FIRE of warmth, with no goodbyes and no memories as time will not exist. All those I knew from my past will be seen again. Those I thought I had lost forever. I certainly hope I will see PRINCE as well. As we can sing his song along with MARTIKA once again over and over and be covered by the warmth of eternal bliss by Christ's love and that of those around us, always and forever. LOVE THEY WILL BE DONE, I CAN NO LONGER HIDE, I CAN NO LONGER RUN!
JCB 4/13/2018 3:54 p.m.
